Comparative and functional genomics of legionella identified eukaryotic like proteins as key players in host-pathogen interactions

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue OCT, 2011, Pages

  Gomez Valero, Laura ^a,b   Rusniok, Christophe ^a,b   Cazalet, Christel ^a,b   Buchrieser, Carmen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Eukaryotic like proteins; Evolution; Legionella longbeachae; Legionella pneumophila; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84857771508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00208     Document Type: Article

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