Identification and evolutionary analysis of putative cytoplasmic mcpA-like protein in a bacterial strain living in symbiosis with a mycorrhizal fungus

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 815-824

  Minerdi, Daniela ^a   Fani, Renato ^b   Bonfante, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF); Endosymbiotic bacteria; mcp genes evolutive model; Methyl accepting chemotaxis proteins (Mcps); PCR; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MCPA LIKE PROTEIN; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GIGASPORA MARGARITA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL; SYMBIOSIS; ZYGOMYCOTA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; FUNGI; GIGASPORA; GIGASPORA MARGARITA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MARGARITES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036114632     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-001-0086-x     Document Type: Article

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