Multiple Legionella pneumophila Type II Secretion Substrates, Including a Novel Protein, Contribute to Differential Infection of the Amoebae Acanthamoeba castellanii, Hartmannella vermiformis, and Naegleria lovaniensis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1399-1410

  Tyson, Jessica Y ^a   Pearce, Meghan M ^a   Vargas, Paloma ^a   Bagchi, Sreya ^a   Mulhern, Brendan J ^a   Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA INFECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGE; NAEGLERIA LOVANIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; HARTMANNELLA; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGES; NAEGLERIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84877833716     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00045-13     Document Type: Article

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