Intracellular bacterial symbionts of aphids possess many genomic copies per bacterium

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 717-722

  Komaki, Kanako ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buchnera; Dot blot analysis; Genomic copy number; Microscope photon counting system; Pea aphid; Polyploidy; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

APHID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPERON; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0033040987     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006516     Document Type: Article

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