Phospholipase PlaB is a new virulence factor of Legionella pneumophila

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 300, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 313-323

  Schunder, Eva ^a   Adam, Patrick ^b   Higa, Futoshi ^c   Remer, Katharina A ^d   Lorenz, Udo ^d   Bender, Jennifer ^a   Schulz, Tino ^a   Flieger, Antje ^a   Steinert, Michael ^e   Heuner, Klaus ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Hemolysis; Legionella; Outer membrane; Phospholipase; PlaB; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; MACROPHAGE INFECTIVITY POTENTIATOR; MAJOR SECRETED ZINC METALLOPROTEINASE A; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; PHOSPHOLIPASE PLAB; PLASMID DNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFLAMMATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; WILD TYPE;

EID: 77952322297     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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