Lineage-specific decay of folate biosynthesis genes suggests ongoing host adaptation in phytoplasmas

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 832-840

  Davis, Robert E ^a   Jomantiene, Rasa ^a,b   Zhao, Yan ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DETERIORATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FOLK GENE; FOLP GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; HOST CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYTOPLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CATHARANTHUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOLIC ACID; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; INSECTA; PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS;

EID: 29244481168     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2005.24.832     Document Type: Article

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