Networks and groups within the genus Neisseria: Analysis of argF, recA, rho, and 16S rRNA sequences from human Neisseria species

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 773-783

  Smith, Noel H ^a,d   Holmes, Edward C ^b   Donovan, Georgina M ^c   Carpenter, Gillian A ^a   Spratt, Brian G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Canterbury   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Housekeeping genes; Interspecies recombination; Neisseria species; Phylogeny; Split decomposition

Indexed keywords

RHO FACTOR; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA CINEREA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032978716     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026162     Document Type: Article

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