The Legionella pneumophila kai operon is implicated in stress response and confers fitness in competitive environments

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 359-381

  Loza Correa, Maria ^a,b   Sahr, Tobias ^a,b   Rolando, Monica ^a,b   Daniels, Craig ^c   Petit, Pierre ^c,d   Skarina, Tania ^c   Gomez Valero, Laura ^a,b   Dervins Ravault, Delphine ^a,b   Honoré, Nadine ^a   Savchenko, Aleksey ^c   Buchrieser, Carmen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTOZOA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; KAIB PROTEIN, CYANOBACTERIA; KAIC PROTEIN, CYANOBACTERIA;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC FITNESS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, BACTERIAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892958675     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12223     Document Type: Article

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