Plasmids in the aphid endosymbiont Buchnera aphidicola with the smallest genomes. A puzzling evolutionary story

Gene

Volumn 370, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 17-25

  Gil, Rosario ^a   Sabater Muñoz, Beatriz ^a,b   Perez Brocal, Vicente ^a   Silva, Francisco J ^a   Latorre, Amparo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chimera plasmid; Genome reduction; Genome stasis; Leucine and tryptophan plasmids; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

APHID; ARTICLE; BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SYMBIOSIS;

APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA;

EID: 33644859474     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.10.043     Document Type: Article

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