Recombination in Wolbachia endosymbionts of filarial nematodes?

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1921-1922

  Foster, Jeremy ^a   Slatko, Barton ^a   Bandi, Claudio ^b   Kumar, Sanjay ^a  

^a Molecular Parasitology Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; FILARIOIDEA; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FILARIOIDEA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79953193086     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02380-10     Document Type: Letter

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