Chromosome stability and gene loss in cockroach endosymbionts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4076-4079

  Sabrée, Zakee L ^a   Degnan, Patrick H ^b   Moran, Nancy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLINEARITY; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE CONTENT; GENE LOSS; ORTHOLOGOUS GENES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

GENES;

CHROMOSOME; COCKROACH; DIVERGENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HOMOLOGY; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTEROIDETES; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COCKROACH; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; SYNTENY;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDETES; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COCKROACHES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DELETION; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS; SYNTENY;

BLATTABACTERIUM; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77953636364     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00291-10     Document Type: Article

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