Homologous recombination and the pattern of nucleotide substitution in Ehrlichia ruminantium

Gene

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 31-37

  Hughes, Austin L ^a   French, Jeffrey O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial evolution; Ehrlichia ruminantium; Homologous recombination; Nucleotide substitution

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BOVIDS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MAP1 GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM;

EID: 33845793082     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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