Phylogenomics and protein signatures elucidating the evolutionary relationships among the Gammaproteobacteria

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 234-247

  Gao, Beile ^a   Mohan, Ritu ^a   Gupta, Radhey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PHOSPHORIBOSYLAMINOIMIDAZOLECARBOXAMIDE FORMYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L16; RNA POLYMERASE BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

AEROMONADALES; ALTEROMONADALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CARDIOBACTERIALES; CHROMATIALES; CLADISTICS; ENTEROBACTERIALES; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE DELETION; LEGIONELLALES; METHYLOCOCCALES; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANOSPIRILLALES; OPEN READING FRAME; PASTEURELLALES; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONADALES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; THIOTRICHALES; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIBRIONALES; XANTHOMONADALES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; INDEL MUTATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AEROMONADALES; ALTEROMONADALES; CARDIOBACTERIALES; CHROMATIALES; ENTEROBACTERIALES; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LEGIONELLALES; METHYLOCOCCALES; OCEANOSPIRILLALES; PASTEURELLALES; PSEUDOMONADALES; THIOTRICHALES; VIBRIONALES; XANTHOMONADALES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EVOLUTION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIBOSYLAMINOIMIDAZOLECARBOXAMIDE FORMYLTRANSFERASE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63449137540     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.002741-0     Document Type: Article

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