groE-Homologous Operon of Wolbachia, an Intracellular Symbiont of Arthropods: A New Approach for Their Phylogeny

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 701-706

  Masui, Shinji ^a   Sasaki, Tetsuhiko ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GROE PROTEIN, E COLI; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAPERONINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0031196375     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.701     Document Type: Article

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