Conjugation genes are common throughout the genus Rickettsia and are transmitted horizontally

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1673, 2009, Pages 3619-3627

  Weinert, Lucy A ^a   Welch, John J ^a   Jiggins, Francis M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Gene exchange; Phylogeny; Plasmid; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME; HOST; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RICKETTSIA; VERTEBRATA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 70350227349     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0875     Document Type: Article

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