A 65-kilobase pathogenicity island is unique to Philadelphia-1 strains of Legionella pneumophila

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 4630-4637

  Brassinga, Ann Karen C ^a   Hiltz, Margot F ^a   Sisson, Gary R ^a   Morash, Michael G ^a   Hill, Nathan ^a   Garduno, Elizabeth ^a   Edelstein, Paul H ^b   Garduno, Rafael A ^a   Hoffman, Paul S ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA ISLAND; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA PHILADELPHIA 1; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1 PHILADELPHIA 1; MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; TYPE IV PROTEIN SECRETION SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037766764     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.15.4630-4637.2003     Document Type: Article

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