Occurrence and expression of gene transfer agent genes in marine bacterioplankton

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2933-2939

  Biers, Erin J ^a,c   Wang, Kui ^b   Pennington, Catherine ^a   Belas, Robert ^b   Chen, Feng ^b   Moran, Mary Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; DATA REDUCTION; MARINE BIOLOGY;

GENE TRANSFER AGENT (GTA); MARINE BACTERIOPLANKTON;

GENE TRANSFER;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; HOMOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLADISTICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ROSEOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILICIBACTER POMEROYI; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; PROPHAGE; RHODOBACTERACEAE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ROSEOBACTER; SILICIBACTER POMEROYI DSS-3;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; PROPHAGES; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 44249083757     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02129-07     Document Type: Article

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