Accelerated evolution in bacterial endosymbionts of aphids

International Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-14

  Buades, Célia ^a   Michelena, José Manuel ^a,b   Latorre, Amparo ^a,b   Moya, Andrés ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphids; Buchncra aphidicola; Endosymbiosis; Relative rate tests; Subunit of F ATPase complex

Indexed keywords

PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BUCHNERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BASE COMPOSITION; BUCHNERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; KINETICS; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0033085591     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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