Characterization of the major secreted zinc metalloprotease-dependent glycerophospholipid:cholesterol acyltransferase, plaC, of Legionella pneumophila

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2899-2909

  Banerji, Sangeeta ^a   Bewersdorff, Mayte ^a   Hermes, Björn ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^b   Flieger, Antje ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; HYDROLASE; LIPID; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PLAC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL STRAIN U937; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPERNATANT;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MUTATION; PHOSPHOLIPASES; U937 CELLS;

EID: 17644374820     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.5.2899-2909.2005     Document Type: Article

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