Wolbachia: Evolutionary novelty in a rickettsial bacteria

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Anderson, Cort L ^a,b   Karr, Timothy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; RICKETTSIA; VERTEBRATA; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; CHAPERONIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EHRLICHIA; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EHRLICHIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GROEL PROTEIN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RICKETTSIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0242416455     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-1-10     Document Type: Article

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