The htpAB operon of Legionella pneumophila cannot be deleted in the presence of the groE chaperonin operon of Escherichia coli

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 943-952

  Nasrallah, Gheyath K ^a   Gagnon, Elizabeth ^a,b   Orton, Dennis J ^a   Garduño, Rafael A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaperonin; Gene duplication; GroEL; HtpB; Legionella

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; GENE DUPLICATION; GROEL; HTPB; LEGIONELLA;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CHAPERONIN; HTPB CHAPERONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETICS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUTATION; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENTAMICIN RESISTANCE CASSETTE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CHAPERONINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, ESSENTIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 80055095681     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w11-086     Document Type: Article

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