Coxiella burnetii type IVB secretion system region i genes are expressed early during the infection of host cells

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-69

  Morgan, John K ^a   Luedtke, Brandon E ^a   Thompson, Herbert A ^a   Shaw, Edward I ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coxiella; gene expression; obligate intracellular; type IV secretion system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENE EXPRESSION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TYPE IVB SECRETION SYSTEM; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; Q FEVER; VERO CELLS;

COXIELLA; COXIELLA BURNETII; COXIELLA BURNETII RSA 493; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 77956404686     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02072.x     Document Type: Article

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