The origins of eukaryotic-like proteins in Legionella pneumophila

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 300, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 470-481

  Lurie Weinberger, Mor N ^a   Gomez Valero, Laura ^b   Merault, Nathalie ^b   Glöckner, Gernot ^c   Buchrieser, Carmen ^b   Gophna, Uri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ameba; Diversifying selection; Dot Icm; Horizontal gene transfer; Inter domain gene transfer; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE; EUKARYOTIC LIKE PROTEIN; MEVALONATE KINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEOME; SERINE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MIMIVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 77957018907     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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