Lateral gene transfer between obligate intracellular bacteria: Evidence from the Rickettsia massiliae genome

Genome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1657-1664

  Blanc, Guillaume ^a   Ogata, Hiroyuki ^a   Robert, Catherine ^b   Audic, Stéphane ^a   Claverie, Jean Michel ^a   Raoult, Didier ^b  

^a CNRS Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM PILUS; DNA TRANSFER; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE; TRA GENE;

GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; IXODIDA; LANGAT VIRUS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA BELLII; RICKETTSIA MASSILIAE;

EID: 35948959802     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.6742107     Document Type: Article

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