Molecular Evolution of the dotA Gene in Legionella pneumophila

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 6269-6277

  Ko, Kwan Soo ^a,d   Hong, Seong Karp ^a   Lee, Hae Kyung ^b   Park, Mi Yeoun ^b   Kook, Yoon Hoh ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

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

^d Asian Pac Res Found Infect Dis   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; DOTA GENE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECOMBINANT GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 0142152468     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.21.6269-6277.2003     Document Type: Article

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