Nontoxic strains of cyanobacteria are the result of major gene deletion events induced by a transposable element

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1695-1704

  Christiansen, Guntram ^a   Molitor, Carole ^a   Philmus, Benjamin ^b   Kurmayer, Rainer ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotypes; Gene loss; Microcystin; Microevolution; Mobile elements; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

MICROCYSTIN; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; SYNTHETASE; THIOESTERASE II; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTOTHRIX; SYNTHESIS; TRANSPOSON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROCYSTINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CYANOBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX;

EID: 47649086157     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn120     Document Type: Article

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