A distinct and divergent lineage of genomic island-associated type IV secretion systems in Legionella

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Wee, Bryan A ^a   Woolfit, Megan ^b   Beatson, Scott A ^a   Petty, Nicola K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LEGIONELLA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; LEGIONELLA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84892777697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082221     Document Type: Article

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