Massive presence of insertion sequences in the genome of SOPE, the primary endosymbiont of the rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae

International Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Gil, Rosario ^a   Belda, Eugeni ^a   Gosalbes, María J ^a   Delaye, Luis ^a,b   Vallier, Agnès ^c   Vincent Monégat, Carole ^c   Heddi, Abdelaziz ^c   Silva, Francisco J ^a   Moya, Andrés ^a   Latorre, Amparo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UA INRA 203   (France)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Insertion sequences (IS); Sitophilus oryzae (rice weevil); SOPE (Sitophilus oryzae primary endosymbiont)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE;

EID: 42349106489     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.43     Document Type: Article

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