Horizontal transfer of genes coding for the photosynthetic reaction centers of purple bacteria

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-136

  Nagashima, Kenji V P ^a   Hiraishi, Akira ^b   Shimada, Keizo ^a   Matsuura, Katsumi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gene transfer; Nucleotide sequence; Photosynthesis; Phylogenetic tree; Polymerase chain reaction; Purple bacteria; Reaction center

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; RHODOSPIRILLUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RHODOSPIRILLALES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

PHOTOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOSPIRILLUM;

EID: 0030879863     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006212     Document Type: Article

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