The diversity and evolution of Wolbachia ankyrin repeat domain genes.

Ankyrin repeat domain-encoding genes are common in the eukaryotic and viral domains of life, but they are rare in bacteria, the exception being a few obligate or facultative intracellular Proteobacteria species. Despite having a reduced genome, the arthropod strains of the alphaproteobacterium Wolba...

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Main Authors: Stefanos Siozios, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Lisa Klasson, Siv G E Andersson, Henk R Braig, Kostas Bourtzis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3563639?pdf=render