dnaA gene sequences from Wolbachia pipientis support subdivision into supergroups and provide no evidence for recombination in the lineages infecting nematodes

Parassitologia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-18

  Casiraghi, M ^a   Werren, J H ^b   Bazzocchi, C ^a   Biserni, A ^a   Bandi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dnaA; Filarial nematodes; Phylogeny; Recombination; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

DNA A; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNAA PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FILARIOIDEA; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS; WOLBACHIEAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FILARIOIDEA; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 4444356717     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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