Rickettsiae and Chlamydiae: Evidence of horizontal gene transfer and gene exchange

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 173-175

  Wolf, Yuri I ^a   Aravind, L ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII;

EID: 0032962345     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01704-7     Document Type: Article

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