The Variable Part of the dnaK Gene as an Alternative Marker for Phylogenetic Studies of Rhizobia and Related Alpha Proteobacteria

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 483-494

  Stȩpkowski, Tomasz ^a,b   Czaplińska, Magdalena ^a   Miedzinska, Katarzyna ^a   Moulin, Lionel ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha Proteobacteria; DnaK; Gene marker; Phylogeny; Rhizobium; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DNA FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AZORHIZOBIUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLASTOCHLORIS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CHELATOBACTER; CHELATOCOCCUS; DNA BINDING; DNA TEMPLATE; DNAK GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MESORHIZOBIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AESCHYNOMENE; AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINOBACTER; AZORHIZOBIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCHLORIS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CHELATOBACTER; CHELATOCOCCUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MESORHIZOBIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM GALEGAE; RHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0344430318     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/072320203770865765     Document Type: Article

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