Restriction-modification systems as mobile genetic elements in the evolution of an intracellular symbiont

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 721-725

  Zheng, Hao ^a   Dietrich, Carsten ^a   Hongoh, Yuichi ^b   Brune, Andreas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas system; endosymbiont; genome reduction; mobile genetic elements; restriction modification system

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; FLAGELLATE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME; ISOPTERA; TRANSPOSON; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; SYMBIOSIS;

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME; GENOMICS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84964501706     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv264     Document Type: Article

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