Cloning and nucleotide sequences of iron and copper-zinc superoxide dismutase genes of Legionella pneumophila and their distribution among legionella species

Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 167-186

  Amemura Maekawa, Junko ^a   Kura, Fumiaki ^a   Watanabe, Haruo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; IRON; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 0030483111     PISSN: 00215112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken1952.49.167     Document Type: Article

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