Sequence polymorphism of dotA and mip alleles mediating invasion and intracellular replication of Legionella pneumophila

Current Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 314-322

  Bumbaugh, Alyssa C ^a,b   McGraw, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Page, Kristen L ^a   Selander, Robert K ^a   Whittam, Thomas S ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; CELL DIVISION; CELL INVASION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOTA GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MIP GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DOTA PROTEIN, LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; IMMUNOPHILIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MIP PROTEIN, LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOPHILINS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036580742     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-01-0024-6     Document Type: Article

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