Cellular microbiology and molecular ecology of Legionella-amoeba interaction

Virulence

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 307-314

  Richards, Ashley M ^a   Von Dwingelo, Juanita E ^a   Price, Christopher T ^a   Kwaik, Yousef Abu ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankyrin; Ankyrin B; Cysteine; Dot Icm; Effectors AnkB; Farnesylation; Legionnaire; Pneumophila; Polyubiquitin; ppGpp; Prenylation; Proteasomes; RelA; SpoT

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; F BOX PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84878037949     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.24290     Document Type: Review

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