Vertical transmission of biosynthetic plasmids in aphid endosymbionts (Buchnera)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 785-790

  Wernegreen, J J ^a   Moran, N A ^a  

^a MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; ARTICLE; BUCHNERA; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0035162072     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.2.785-790.2001     Document Type: Article

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