Advances in rickettsia pathogenicity

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1166, Issue , 2009, Pages 94-105

  Balraj, Premanand ^a   Renesto, Patricia ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Actin based motility; Adhesins; Phagosomal escape; PLD; Rickettsia; T4SS

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADHESIN; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE REGULATOR 1; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE REGULATOR 2; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; KU ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN B; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINANT OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; RECOMBINANT OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN B; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RICKETTSIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; RICKETTSIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN B; SURFACE CELL ANTIGEN; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SPREADING; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RICKETTSIA TYPHI; RICKETTSIOSIS; TISSUE INJURY; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE;

EID: 67649700806     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04517.x     Document Type: Article

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