Sequence analysis of a DNA fragment from Buchnera aphidicola (Aphid endosymbiont) containing the genes dapD-htrA-ilvI-ilvH-ftsL-ftsI-murE

Current Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 214-216

  Thao, Mylo Ly ^a   Baumann, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; DNA FRAGMENT; ISOLEUCINE; LYSINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; APHID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS;

APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; PROKARYOTA; SCHIZAPHIS GRAMINUM; SCHIZAPIS; SCHIZAPIS GRAMINUM;

EID: 3543019070     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900365     Document Type: Article

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