Proliferation and deterioration of Rickettsia Palindromic Elements

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1234-1243

  Amiri, Haleh ^a   Alsmark, Cecilia M ^a   Andersson, Siv G E ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Molecular Evolution ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elongation factors; Molecular evolution; Phylogeny; Rickettsia; RPE; Selfish DNA

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR G; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE LOSS; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; COSMID; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; COSMIDS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0036667684     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004184     Document Type: Article

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