The genomic basis for the evolution of a novel form of cellular reproduction in the bacterium Epulopiscium

BMC Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Miller, David A ^a   Suen, Garret ^b   Clements, Kendall D ^c   Angert, Esther R ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Binary fission; Developmental process; Endospore; Endospore forming bacteria; Intracellular offspring; Spore; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; CLOSTRIDIUM CELLULOLYTICUM; EPULOPISCIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPOROGENESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACANTHURIDAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EPULOPISCIUM; EPULOPISCIUM SP.; FIRMICUTES; NASO TONGANUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84862491461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-265     Document Type: Article

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