Virulence factors encoded by Legionella longbeachae identified on the basis of the genome sequence analysis of clinical isolate D-4968

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1030-1044

  Kozak, Natalia A ^a   Buss, Meghan ^a,c   Lucas, Claressa E ^a   Frace, Michael ^b   Govil, Dhwani ^b   Travis, Tatiana ^a   Olsen Rasmussen, Melissa ^b   Benson, Robert F ^a   Fields, Barry S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PLASMID DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMOTAXIS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IVA SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IVB SECRETION SYSTEM;

AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OREGON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MURINAE;

EID: 75749083323     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01272-09     Document Type: Article

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