Molecular evidence for the endosymbiont Wolbachia in a non-filaroid nematode, Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 607-615

  Tsai, Kun Hsien ^a,c   Huang, Chin Gi ^a   Wang, Lian Chen ^b   Yu, Yi Wen ^b   Wu, Wen Jer ^a   Chen, Wei June ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Endosymbiont; Evolution; Phylogeny; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEIGHBOR JOINING METHOD; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOLBACHIA; WSP GENE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; DIAEA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 34548692549     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11373-007-9181-3     Document Type: Article

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