Population genetic structure of Legionella pneumophila inferred from RNA polymerase gene (rpoB) and DotA gene (dotA) sequences

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2123-2130

  Ko, Kwan Soo ^a   Lee, Hae Kyung ^a   Park, Mi Yeoun ^a   Park, Man Suk ^a   Lee, Keun Hwa ^a   Woo, So Yon ^a   Yun, Yeo Jun ^a   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SUBSP. FRASERI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SUBSP. PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036202035     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.8.2123-2130.2002     Document Type: Article

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