Aphid gene of bacterial origin encodes a protein transported to an obligate endosymbiont

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2014, Pages

  Nakabachi, Atsushi ^a,b   Ishida, Kinji ^c   Hongoh, Yuichi ^d   Ohkuma, Moriya ^b   Miyagishima, Shin Ya ^e  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APHID; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84904871676     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.038     Document Type: Letter

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