Nucleotide sequence analysis of the Legionella micdadei mip gene, encoding a 30-kilodalton analog of the Legionella pneumophila Mip protein.
Sequence-based classification scheme for the genus Legionella targeting the mip gene.
A specific genomic location within the icm/dot pathogenesis region of different Legionella species encodes functionally similar but nonhomologous virulence proteins.
A pair of highly conserved two-component systems participates in the regulation of the hypervariable FIR proteins in different Legionella species.