The natural alternative: Protozoa as cellular models for Legionella infection

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-26

  Hoffmann, Christine ^a   Harrison, Christopher F ^a   Hilbi, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; FLAGELLIN; GENTAMICIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL VACUOLE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOST CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84890144782     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12235     Document Type: Article

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