Phylogenomics and signature proteins for the alpha Proteobacteria and its main groups

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a   Mok, Amy ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLACEAE; BRADYRHIOZOBIACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLACEAE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CAULOBACTERALES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; ENDOSYMBIONT; EVOLUTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; GENOMICS; GLUCONOBACTER OXYDANS; HYPHOMONADACEAE; INFORMATION; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NITROBACTER WINOGRADSKYI; NONHUMAN; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM AROMATICIVORAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARVULARCULA; PARVULARCULALES; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIALES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOBACTERALES; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; RHODOSPIRILLALES; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; RHODOSPRILLLALE; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES; SILICIBACTER; SPECIES; SPHINGOMONADALES; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WOLBACHIA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BARTONELLACEAE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; BRUCELLACEAE; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; CAULOBACTERALES; GLUCONOBACTER OXYDANS; HYPHOMONADACEAE; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; NITROBACTER WINOGRADSKYI; NOVOSPHINGOBIUM AROMATICIVORANS; PARVULARCULA; PARVULARCULALES; RHIZOBIALES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES 2.4.1; RHODOBACTERALES; RHODOSPIRILLACEAE; RHODOSPIRILLALES; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; RICKETTSIACEAE; RICKETTSIALES; SILICIBACTER; SPHINGOMONADALES; STAPPIA AGGREGATA; WOLBACHIA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 39049145171     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-106     Document Type: Article

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