Genome-Wide Functional Divergence after the Symbiosis of Proteobacteria with Insects Unraveled through a Novel Computational Approach

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Toft, Christina ^a   Williams, Tom A ^a   Fares, Mario A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PROTEINS;

BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; CELLULARS; COMPLEXITY LEVELS; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENDOSYMBIOTIC; ENDOSYMBIOTIC BACTERIUM; METABOLIC LINKS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SYMBIOTIC BACTERIA;

GENES;

PROTEOME;

ANT; APHID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; DIET; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SCREENING; SYMBIOSIS; ANIMAL; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; METHODOLOGY;

APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; APHIDS; ARCHAEA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMIC ISLANDS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 65349109174     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000344     Document Type: Article

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