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Legionella pneumophila DotU and IcmF are required for stability of the Dot/Icm complex.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2004
Sexton Jessica A, Miller Jennifer L, Yoneda Aki, Kehl-Fie Thomas E, Vogel Joseph P
Abstract excerpt
Legionella pneumophila utilizes a type IV secretion system (T4SS) encoded by 26 dot/icm genes to replicate inside host cells and cause disease. In contrast to all other L. pneumophila dot/icm genes, dotU and icmF have homologs in a wide variety of gram-negative bacteria, none of which possess a T4SS. Instead, dotU and icmF orthologs are linked to a locus encoding a conserved cluster of proteins designated...
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