Massive genome erosion and functional adaptations provide insights into the symbiotic lifestyle of Sodalis glossinidius in the tsetse host

Genome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-156

  Toh, Hidehiro ^a,b   Weiss, Brian L ^c   Perkin, Sarah A H ^c   Yamashita, Atsushi ^a   Oshima, Kenshiro ^a   Hattori, Masahira ^a,d   Aksoy, Serap ^c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; ION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLAGELLUM; HOST; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOGENE; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SODALIS GLOSSINIDIUS; SYMBIOSIS; TSETSE FLY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SYMBIOSIS; TSETSE FLIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; SALMONELLA; SODALIS; SODALIS GLOSSINIDIUS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 32044474423     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.4106106     Document Type: Article

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