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List of works by Yousef Abu Kwaik

A Legionella pneumophila amylase is essential for intracellular replication in human macrophages and amoebae.

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Acquisition of the vacuolar ATPase proton pump and phagosome acidification are essential for escape of Francisella tularensis into the macrophage cytosol.

scientific article published on 7 April 2008

Amoeba host-Legionella synchronization of amino acid auxotrophy and its role in bacterial adaptation and pathogenic evolution

scientific article published on 21 October 2013

Amoebae as training grounds for intracellular bacterial pathogens

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Analysis of Haemophilus influenzae type b lipooligosaccharide-synthesis genes that assemble or expose a 2-keto-3-deoxyoctulosonic acid epitope

scientific article published on October 1, 1991

Anti-apoptotic signalling by the Dot/Icm secretion system of L. pneumophila

scientific article published on 15 August 2006

Cell biology and molecular ecology of Francisella tularensis.

scientific article published on 27 October 2009

Cell biology of the intracellular infection by Legionella pneumophila

scientific article published on January 2004

Cellular microbiology and molecular ecology of Legionella-amoeba interaction

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Characterization of Legionella pneumophila pmiA, a gene essential for infectivity of protozoa and macrophages

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Complete and ubiquitinated proteome of the Legionella-containing vacuole within human macrophages

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Early trafficking and intracellular replication of Legionella longbeachaea within an ER-derived late endosome-like phagosome

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Evasion of phagotrophic predation by protist hosts and innate immunity of metazoan hosts by Legionella pneumophilla

scientific article published on 15 November 2018

Exploitation of Host Polyubiquitination Machinery through Molecular Mimicry by Eukaryotic-Like Bacterial F-Box Effectors

scientific article published on November 11, 2010

Exploitation of conserved eukaryotic host cell farnesylation machinery by an F-box effector of Legionella pneumophila

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Exploitation of evolutionarily conserved amoeba and mammalian processes by Legionella

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Expression of Multiple Pili by Legionella pneumophila : Identification and Characterization of a Type IV Pilin Gene and Its Role in Adherence to Mammalian and Protozoan Cells

scientific article published on April 1, 1998

F. novicida-Infected A. castellanii Does Not Enhance Bacterial Virulence in Mice

scientific article published on 18 May 2016

Francisella tularensis travels a novel, twisted road within macrophages.

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Francisella–Arthropod Vector Interaction and its Role in Patho-Adaptation to Infect Mammals

scientific article published on February 18, 2011

Functional diversity of ankyrin repeats in microbial proteins

scientific article published on 03 December 2009

Genetic susceptibility and caspase activation in mouse and human macrophages are distinct for Legionella longbeachae and L. pneumophila

scientific article published on 29 January 2007

Host Delivery of Favorite Meals for Intracellular Pathogens

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Host factors required for modulation of phagosome biogenesis and proliferation of Francisella tularensis within the cytosol

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Host-dependent trigger of caspases and apoptosis by Legionella pneumophila

scientific article published on 9 April 2007

Host-mediated post-translational prenylation of novel dot/icm-translocated effectors of legionella pneumophila

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How does Legionella pneumophila exit the host cell?

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Identification of a Gal/GalNAc Lectin in the Protozoan Hartmannella vermiformis as a Potential Receptor for Attachment and Invasion by the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium

scientific article published on August 18, 1997

Identification of the Aspartate-β-Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Gene of Legionella pneumophila and Characterization of a Null Mutant

scientific article published on May 1, 1998

Induced Expression of the Legionella pneumophila Gene Encoding a 20-Kilodalton Protein during Intracellular Infection

scientific article published on January 1, 1998

Intra-Vacuolar Proliferation of F. Novicida within H. Vermiformis

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Invasion of Protozoa by Legionella pneumophila and Its Role in Bacterial Ecology and Pathogenesis

scientific article published on September 1, 1998

Isolation of F. novicida-Containing Phagosome from Infected Human Monocyte Derived Macrophages.

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Lysine11-Linked Polyubiquitination of the AnkB F-Box Effector of Legionella pneumophila

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Microbial quest for food in vivo: 'nutritional virulence' as an emerging paradigm

scientific article published on 03 April 2013

Molecular and cell biology of Legionella pneumophila

scientific article published on April 2004

Molecular bases of proliferation of Francisella tularensis in arthropod vectors

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Molecular characterization of the Dot/Icm-translocated AnkH and AnkJ eukaryotic-like effectors of Legionella pneumophila

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Molecular complexity orchestrates modulation of phagosome biogenesis and escape to the cytosol of macrophages by Francisella tularensis

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Molecular mimicry by an F-box effector of Legionella pneumophila hijacks a conserved polyubiquitination machinery within macrophages and protozoa

scientific article published on 24 December 2009

Nutrient generation and retrieval from the host cell cytosol by intra-vacuolar Legionella pneumophila

scientific article published on 26 August 2014

Nutritional virulence of Francisella tularensis

scientific article published on 31 December 2013

Paradoxical Pro-inflammatory Responses by Human Macrophages to an Amoebae Host-Adapted Legionella Effector

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

Selective requirement of the shikimate pathway of Legionella pneumophila for intravacuolar growth within human macrophages but not within Acanthamoeba

scientific article published on 6 April 2015

Signal Transduction in the Protozoan Host Hartmannella vermiformis upon Attachment and Invasion by Legionella micdadei

scientific article published on September 1, 1998

The C-terminus of IcmT is essential for pore formation and for intracellular trafficking of Legionella pneumophila within Acanthamoeba polyphaga

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The Divergent Intracellular Lifestyle of Francisella tularensis in Evolutionarily Distinct Host Cells

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The Grand Challenges to Cellular and Infection Microbiology

scientific article published on September 21, 2010

The capBCA Locus is Required for Intracellular Growth of Francisella tularensis LVS

scientific article published on April 25, 2011

The transcriptome of Legionella pneumophila-infected human monocyte-derived macrophages

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Triggering Ras signalling by intracellular Francisella tularensis through recruitment of PKCα and βI to the SOS2/GrB2 complex is essential for bacterial proliferation in the cytosol

scientific article published on November 2010

Utilization of similar mechanisms by Legionella pneumophila to parasitize two evolutionarily distant host cells, mammalian macrophages and protozoa

scientific article published on November 1, 1997

Yersinia pestis Requires Host Rab1b for Survival in Macrophages.

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

icmT is essential for pore formation-mediated egress of Legionella pneumophila from mammalian and protozoan cells.

scientific article published on January 2002