Genomic revelations of a mutualism: The pea aphid and its obligate bacterial symbiont

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1297-1309

  Shigenobu, Shuji ^a,b   Wilson, Alex C C ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Bacteriocyte; Buchnera; Lateral gene transfer; Regulation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; APHID; BACTERIAL GENOME; BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUCHNERA (PROTEOBACTERIA); BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; PISUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79953681013     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0645-2     Document Type: Review

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