Phylogenetic analyses of symbiotic nodulation genes support vertical and lateral gene co-transfer within the Bradyrhizobium genus

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 720-732

  Moulin, Lionel ^a,d   Béna, Gilles ^a   Boivin Masson, Catherine ^a,b   Stȩpkowski, Tomasz ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SYMBIOSES TROPICALES ET MÉDITERRANÉENNES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium; Evolution; Lateral gene transfer; Nod factor; nodA gene; Phylogeny; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM;

EID: 10744219797     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00255-0     Document Type: Article

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