Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia-1 tatB and tatC affect intracellular replication and biofilm formation

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 331, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1413-1420

  De Buck, Emmy ^a   Maes, Liesbeth ^a   Meyen, Eef ^a   Van Mellaert, Lieve ^a   Geukens, Nick ^a   Anné, Jozef ^a   Lammertyn, Elke ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Legionella pneumophila; Signal peptides; Tat secretion; Twin arginine; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL STRAIN U937; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATB GENE; TATC GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; U937 CELLS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 18844365360     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.04.060     Document Type: Article

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