Multimodal dynamic response of the Buchnera aphidicola pLeu plasmid to variations in leucine demand of its host, the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1271-1285

  Viñuelas, José ^a,b,c   Febvay, Gérard ^a   Duport, Gabrielle ^a   Colella, Stefano ^a   Fayard, Jean Michel ^a   Charles, Hubert ^a   Rahbé, Yvan ^a   Calevro, Federica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; APHID; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; ANIMALS; APHIDS; BUCHNERA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LEUCINE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLASMIDS; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BUCHNERA APHIDICOLA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 80051944869     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07760.x     Document Type: Article

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