Evolutionary relationships of Fusobacterium nucleatum based on phylogenetic analysis and comparative genomics

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Mira, Alex ^a   Pushker, Ravindra ^a   Legault, Boris A ^a   Moreira, David ^b   Rodríguez Valera, Francisco ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CLOSTRIDIA; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIA; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; ENZYME; HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; RNA 23S;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; ENZYMOLOGY; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ENZYMES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 12344338577     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-4-50     Document Type: Article

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