Eat, kill or die: when amoeba meets bacteria

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-276

  Cosson, Pierre ^a   Soldati, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INTEGRIN;

AMOEBA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; CELL ADHESION; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SCREENING; HOST; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAMMAL CELL; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; PROTISTA;

EID: 45849088407     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.05.005     Document Type: Review

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