Nucleotide polymorphism in colicin E2 gene clusters: Evidence for nonneutral evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 666-673

  Tan, Ying ^a   Riley, Margaret A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ColE2 plasmid; colicin diversity; diversifying selection; Escherichia coli; molecular evolution; polymorphism

Indexed keywords

COLICIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REPLICON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030977072     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025806     Document Type: Article

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