The Legionella pneumophila collagen-like protein mediates sedimentation, autoaggregation, and pathogen-phagocyte interactions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1441-1454

  Abdel Nour, Mena ^a,b,c   Duncan, Carla ^a   Prashar, Akriti ^d   Rao, Chitong ^b   Ginevra, Christophe ^e,f   Jarraud, Sophie ^e,f   Low, Donald E ^a,b,c   Ensminger, Alexander W ^a,b   Terebiznik, Mauricio R ^d   Guyard, Cyril ^a,b,c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

^f HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL AGGREGATES; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BIOFILM PRODUCTION; CELL-CELL INTERACTION; EXOGENOUS FACTORS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SPECIES; WATER-BORNE PATHOGENS;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; COLLAGEN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSITIVE IONS;

PATHOGENS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CATION; CELL ORGANELLE; COLONIZATION; FLAGELLATE; LIGAND; PATHOGEN; PROTEIN; SEDIMENTATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIVALENT CATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBOZOA; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LOBOSEA; PHAGOCYTES;

EID: 84893349183     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03254-13     Document Type: Article

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