Parallels and contrasts between symbiotic bacteria and bacterial-derived organelles: Evidence from Buchnera, the bacterial symbiont of aphids

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Douglas, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Aphid; Buchnera; Genome organization; Organelle; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIA; BACTERIA-DERIVED ORGANELLE; SYMBIOSIS;

APHID; BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; INSECT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

APHIDIDAE; BUCHNERA; HOMOPTERA;

EID: 0030867387     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00033-0     Document Type: Review

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