Comparative sequence analysis of the icm/dot genes in Legionella

Plasmid

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-147

  Morozova, Irina ^a   Qu, Xiaoyan ^a   Shi, Shundi ^a   Asamani, Gifty ^a   Greenberg, Joseph E ^a   Shuman, Howard A ^a   Russo, James J ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Icm dot genes; Legionella pneumophila; Phylogenetic analysis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HYDROPHOBICITY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 1442299189     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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