From β- To α-proteobacteria: The origin and evolution of rhizobial nodulation genes nodij

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2494-2508

  Aoki, Seishiro ^a   Ito, Motomi ^a   Iwasaki, Wataru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Horizontal gene transfer; Nodulation genes; Rhizobia; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BURKHOLDERIACEAE; CLADISTICS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MIMOSA PUDICA; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODI GENE; NODJ GENE; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOBIACEAE;

GENE DUPLICATION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NODULATION GENES; RHIZOBIA; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MIMOSA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 84888612386     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst153     Document Type: Article

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