Genomic copy number of intracellular bacterial symbionts of aphids varies in response to developmental stage and morph of their host

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-258

  Komaki, Kanako ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Buchnera; Microscope photon counting system; Pea aphid; Polyploidy; Real time quantitative PCR; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

AGING; ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BUCHNERA; DNA CONTENT; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPLOIDY; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; ARACHNIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0034059212     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00125-3     Document Type: Article

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