Reciprocal expression of integration host factor and HU in the developmental cycle and infectivity of Legionella pneumophila

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1826-1837

  Morash, Michael G ^a   Brassinga, Ann Karen C ^b,e   Warthan, Michelle ^b   Gourabathini, Poornima ^b   Garduño, Rafael A ^a   Goodman, Steven D ^c   Hoffman, Paul S ^a,b,d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; CELL WALLS; CHROMOSOMAL DELETIONS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES; DNA BINDINGS; EXPONENTIAL PHASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HYDROXYBUTYRATE; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; INTRACELLULAR PARASITES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; REGULATORY PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTORS; WILD TYPES;

CELL MEMBRANES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

TUMORS;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HU PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); SIGMA FACTOR RPOS;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME; CYST; DETERGENT; DNA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; MUTATION; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; VIRULENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTOZOA; THESPESIA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 63849315779     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02756-08     Document Type: Article

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