Characterisation of the Legionella pneumophila effector RidL
The Gram-negative bacterium Legionella pneumophila naturally parasitises environmental amoebae, but is also able to infect human alveolar macrophages in a mechanistically similar manner. This can result in the mild "Pontiac fever", a flu-like illness, or a potentially lethal pneumonia term...
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2014
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Online Access: | http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/16968/1/Finsel_Ivo.pdf http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-169685 |