Identification of a novel adhesion molecule involved in the virulence of Legionella pneumophila

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4272-4280

  Chang, Bin ^a   Kura, Fumiaki ^a   Amemura Maekawa, Junko ^a   Koizumi, Nobuo ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GENE PRODUCT;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DNA LIBRARY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; INTEGRINS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 21544440597     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.7.4272-4280.2005     Document Type: Article

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