Selection for translational robustness in Buchnera aphidicola, endosymbiotic bacteria of aphids

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 743-751

  Toft, Christina ^a   Fares, Mario A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Endosymbiotic bacteria; Genetic drift; Minimum genome; Selection; Translational robustness

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BUCHNERA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUCHNERA (PROTEOBACTERIA); BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; CINARA CEDRI;

EID: 62349086187     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn301     Document Type: Article

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