Gene sequences of the pil operon reveal relationships between symbiotic strains of Vibrio fischeri

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1292-1299

  Browne Silva, J ^a   Nishiguchi, M K ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; MICROORGANISM PROTEIN; PROTEIN PIL; PROTEIN PILA; PROTEIN PILB; PROTEIN PILC; PROTEIN PILD; PROTEIN YACE; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMAL; CEPHALOPOD; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CEPHALOPODA; EUKARYOTA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; MOLLUSCA; NEGIBACTERIA; PILA; SEPIOLIDAE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DECAPODIFORMES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 48549105624     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65370-0     Document Type: Article

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