Cytochrome c4 is required for siderophore expression by Legionella pneumophila, whereas cytochromes c1and c5 promote intracellular infection

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 868-878

  Yip, Emily S ^a   Burnside, Denise M ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C1; CYTOCHROME C4; CYTOCHROME C5; LEGIOBACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHROMAZUROL S; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LEGIOBACTIN PROTEIN, LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

AMOEBA (GENUS); ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRON METABOLISM; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN U937; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HARTMANNELLA; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; CYTOCHROMES C1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HARTMANNELLA; HUMANS; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGES; SIDEROPHORES; U937 CELLS;

EID: 79952254708     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.046490-0     Document Type: Article

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