Legionella pneumophila couples fatty acid flux to microbial differentiation and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1190-1204

  Edwards, Rachel L ^a   Dalebroux, Zachary D ^a   Swanson, Michele S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 FUROIC ACID DERIVATIVE; 5 TETRADECYLOXY 2 FUROIC ACID; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; CERULENIN; PROTEIN SPOT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 60649109691     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06593.x     Document Type: Article

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