Sequence Analysis of the mip Gene of the Soilborne Pathogen Legionella longbeachae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1492-1499

  Doyle, Robyn M ^a,c   Steele, Trevor W ^a   McLennan, Alan M ^a   Parkinson, Ian H ^a   Manning, Paul A ^b   Heuzenroeder, Michael W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Rundle Mall   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOPHILIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MIP PROTEIN, LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GUINEA PIG; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOPHILINS; LEGIONELLA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; RABBITS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032038702     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.4.1492-1499.1998     Document Type: Article

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