Type II secretion and legionella virulence

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 376, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-102

  Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SURFACTANT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HARTMANNELLA; HOST RANGE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG; LUNG INFECTION; MACROPHAGE; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEOMICS; SURVIVAL; TATA GENE; TATB GENE; TATC GENE; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM;

AMOEBA; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGES; PROTEOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84886682509     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/82-2013-339     Document Type: Article

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