Identification of Legionella pneumophila-specific genes by genomic subtractive hybridization with Legionella micdadei and identification of lpnE, a gene required for efficient host cell entry

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1683-1691

  Newton, Hayley J ^a   Sansom, Fiona M ^a   Bennett Wood, Vicki ^b,c   Hartland, Elizabeth L ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CADA2 GENE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CEAA GENE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA GORMANII; LEGIONELLA JORDANIS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEPB GENE; LPNE GENE; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI; TETRATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 33644775553     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.3.1683-1691.2006     Document Type: Article

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