Phylogenetic depth of the bacterial genera Aquifex and Thermotoga inferred from analysis of ribosomal protein, elongation factor, and RNA polymerase subunit sequences

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 366-380

  Bocchetta, Maurizio ^a   Gribaldo, Simonetta ^a   Sanangelantoni, Annamaria ^b   Cammarano, Piero ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial rooting; Elongation factors; Hyperthermophily; Mycoplasmatales; Ribosomal proteins; RNA polymerase; rpoBC operon; S10 operon; Streptomycin operon

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE;

AQUIFEX; AQUIFEX PYROPHILUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMATALES; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; THERMUS;

EID: 0033948149     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002399910040     Document Type: Article

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