Evidence in the Legionella pneumophila genome for exploitation of host cell functions and high genome plasticity

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1165-1173

  Cazalet, Christel ^a   Rusniok, Christophe ^a   Brüggemann, Holger ^a   Zidane, Nora ^a   Magnier, Arnaud ^a   Ma, Laurence ^a   Tichit, Magalie ^a   Jarraud, Sophie ^b   Bouchier, Christiane ^a   Vandenesch, François ^b   Kunst, Frank ^a   Etienne, Jérôme ^b   Glaser, Philippe ^a   Buchrieser, Carmen ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FRANCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOEBA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 10044263696     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1447     Document Type: Article

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