Distribution and evolution of bacteriophage WO in Wolbachia, the endosymbiont causing sexual alterations in Arthropods

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 491-497

  Masui, Shinji ^a   Kamoda, Satoru ^a   Sasaki, Tetsuhiko ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankyrin repeat; Bacteriophage WO; Phage evolution; Rickettsiaceae; Virulence; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME; CODON USAGE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIACEAE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE WO; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0033721611     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010112     Document Type: Article

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