Publication Date:
2004-09-28
Description:
We present the genomic sequence of Legionella pneumophila, the bacterial agent of Legionnaires' disease, a potentially fatal pneumonia acquired from aerosolized contaminated fresh water. The genome includes a 45-kilobase pair element that can exist in chromosomal and episomal forms, selective expansions of important gene families, genes for unexpected metabolic pathways, and previously unknown candidate virulence determinants. We highlight the genes that may account for Legionella's ability to survive in protozoa, mammalian macrophages, and inhospitable environmental niches and that may define new therapeutic targets.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chien, Minchen -- Morozova, Irina -- Shi, Shundi -- Sheng, Huitao -- Chen, Jing -- Gomez, Shawn M -- Asamani, Gifty -- Hill, Kendra -- Nuara, John -- Feder, Marc -- Rineer, Justin -- Greenberg, Joseph J -- Steshenko, Valeria -- Park, Samantha H -- Zhao, Baohui -- Teplitskaya, Elita -- Edwards, John R -- Pampou, Sergey -- Georghiou, Anthi -- Chou, I-Chun -- Iannuccilli, William -- Ulz, Michael E -- Kim, Dae H -- Geringer-Sameth, Alex -- Goldsberry, Curtis -- Morozov, Pavel -- Fischer, Stuart G -- Segal, Gil -- Qu, Xiaoyan -- Rzhetsky, Andrey -- Zhang, Peisen -- Cayanis, Eftihia -- De Jong, Pieter J -- Ju, Jingyue -- Kalachikov, Sergey -- Shuman, Howard A -- Russo, James J -- AI 23549/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U01 1 AI 4437/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2004 Sep 24;305(5692):1966-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Columbia Genome Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15448271" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
DNA, Bacterial
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Gene Transfer, Horizontal
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*Genome, Bacterial
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Legionella pneumophila/*genetics/pathogenicity/physiology
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Plasmids
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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