The Legionella pneumophila hel locus encodes intracellularly induced homologs of heavy-metal ion transporters of Alcaligenes spp.

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1532-1540

  McClain, Mark S ^a,b   Hurley, Mary C ^a   Brieland, Joan K ^a   Engleberg, N Cary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ALCALIGENES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ION TRANSPORT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029920333     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.5.1532-1540.1996     Document Type: Article

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