Positive selection, not negative selection, in the pseudogenization of rcsA in Yersinia pestis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 42, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Jianzhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; LETTER; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOGENES; SELECTION (GENETICS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 55849128551     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806419105     Document Type: Letter

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