Phosphatidylcholine synthesis is required for optimal function of Legionella pneumophila virulence determinants

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 514-528

  Conover, Gloria M ^a,d   Martinez Morales, Fernando ^b,f   Heidtman, Matthew I ^a   Luo, Zhao Qing ^a,e   Tang, May ^a   Chen, Cui ^a   Geiger, Otto ^b   Isberg, Ralph R ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; CYTOTOXICITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLIN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGES; PHOSPHATIDYL-N-METHYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS); VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 38049103107     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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