Molecular mimicry: An important virulence strategy employed by Legionella pneumophila to subvert host functions

Future Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 691-701

  Nora, Tamara ^a   Lomma, Mariella ^a   Gomez Valero, Laura ^a   Buchrieser, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Eukaryotic like proteins; Genomics; Legionella pneumophila; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APYRASE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; F BOX PROTEIN; GUANINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA CONTENT; EPIDEMIC; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EUROPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 69849087003     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.47     Document Type: Review

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