TB & Outbreaks Week
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of TB & Outbreaks Week
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Gene Therapy
New gene therapy findings from University of Louisville, Medical Department published
June 24th, 2008
"Legionella pneumophila is a ubiquitous organism in the aquatic environment where it is capable of invasion and intracellular proliferation within various protozoan species and is also capable of causing pneumonia in humans. In silico analysis showed that the three sequenced L. pneumophila genomes each contained a common multigene family of 11 ankyrin (ank) genes encoding proteins with similar to 30-35 amino acid tandem Ankyrin repeats that are involved in protein-protein interactions in eukaryotic cells," scientists writing in the journal Environmental Microbiology report. "To examine whether the ank genes are involved in tropism of protozoan hosts, we have...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-06-24)
|
