Gene size reduction in the bacterial aphid endosymbiont, Buchnera [4]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1820-1822

  Charles, Hubert ^a   Mouchiroud, Dominique ^b   Lobry, Jean ^b   Gonçalves, Isabelle ^b   Rahbe, Yvan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Buchnera aphidicola; GC content; Gene size; Intracellular symbiosis

Indexed keywords

APHID; DNA CONTENT; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BUCHNERA;

EID: 0032729843     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026096     Document Type: Letter

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