2001
How the parasitic bacterium Legionella pneumophila modifies its phagosome and transforms it into rough ER: implications for conversion of plasma membrane to the ER membrane.
Tilney L, Harb O, Connelly P, Robinson C, Roy C. How the parasitic bacterium Legionella pneumophila modifies its phagosome and transforms it into rough ER: implications for conversion of plasma membrane to the ER membrane. Journal Of Cell Science 2001, 114: 4637-50. PMID: 11792828, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.24.4637.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCell FractionationCell MembraneGram-Positive BacteriaHumansIntracellular MembranesLegionella pneumophilaLipid MetabolismLysosomesMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, ElectronMitochondriaMolecular ChaperonesMutationOrganellesPhagosomesRibosomesTime FactorsU937 CellsConceptsPhagosomal membraneRough endoplasmic reticulumRough ERL. pneumophilaL. pneumophila mutantsBacterium Legionella pneumophilaMinutes of infectionLegionella pneumophilaInfected macrophagesER membraneCellular processesMitochondrial membranePlasma membraneER vesiclesEndoplasmic reticulumMacrophage infectionPhagosomesLack of cholesterolMitochondriaPneumophilaMembraneTiny hairsERMutants
1999
Pore‐forming activity is not sufficient for Legionella pneumophila phagosome trafficking and intracellular growth
Zuckman D, Hung J, Roy C. Pore‐forming activity is not sufficient for Legionella pneumophila phagosome trafficking and intracellular growth. Molecular Microbiology 1999, 32: 990-1001. PMID: 10361301, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01410.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhagosome traffickingPhagosome-lysosome fusionIntracellular growthLysosome fusionEukaryotic cellular processesInsertion of poresPore-forming activityL. pneumophila mutantsHost cell cytoplasmCellular processesMammalian cellsReplicative nicheSimilar cytolytic activityGene productsPhagosome membraneIntracellular bacteriaTraffickingCell cytoplasmEffector moleculesBacterial pathogensLegionella pneumophilaMacrophage membraneVirulent bacteriaBacteriaFusion inhibition