Cloning and Characterization of the Gene Encoding the Major Cell-Associated Phospholipase A of Legionella pneumophila, plaB, Exhibiting Hemolytic Activity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 2648-2658

  Flieger, Antje ^a   Rydzewski, Kerstin ^a   Banerji, Sangeeta ^a   Broich, Markus ^a   Heuner, Klaus ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE PLAB; GENETIC CODE; HEMOLYSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPERNATANT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MUTATION; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; U937 CELLS;

EID: 2142707243     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.5.2648-2658.2004     Document Type: Article

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