Chemoreceptor gene loss and acquisition via horizontal gene transfer in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3596-3602

  Borziak, Kirill ^a,c   Fleetwood, Aaron D ^a   Zhulin, Igor B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DIPEPTIDE; PYRIMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; CLADISTICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRAINTESTINAL PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHEMOTAXIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84880967209     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00421-13     Document Type: Article

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