The surfactant of legionella pneumophila is secreted in a TolC-dependent manner and is antagonistic toward other legionella species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 5971-5984

  Stewart, Catherine R ^a   Burnside, Denise M ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN LSPF; PROTEIN T2S; SURFACTANT; TOLC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GENE MAPPING; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LIPID METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LOCOMOTION; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; OPERON; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 80055034654     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05405-11     Document Type: Article

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