Francisella tularensis intracellular survival: To eat or to die

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 14-15, 2013, Pages 989-997

  Barel, Monique ^a,b   Charbit, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Intracellular parasitism; Nutritional immunity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; POTASSIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DEATH; CYTOSOL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

EID: 84889092846     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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