Analysis of legionella infection by flow cytometry

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 954, Issue , 2013, Pages 233-249

  Tiaden, André N ^a   Kessler, Aline ^b   Hilbi, Hubert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Dictyostelium; Flow cytometry; Green fluorescent protein; Intracellular multiplication; Legionella infection; Macrophage; Phagocytosis; Type IV secretion

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; DICTYOSTELIUM; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84872083499     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-161-5_14     Document Type: Article

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