Phylogenomics of the Reproductive Parasite Wolbachia pipientis wMel: A Streamlined Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements

Wu, Martin, Sun, Ling V, Vamathevan, Jessica, Riegler, Markus, Deboy, Robert, Brownlie, Jeremy C, McGraw, Elizabeth A, Martin, William, Esser, Christian, Ahmadinejad, Nahal, Wiegand, Christian, Madupu, Ramana, Beanan, Maureen J, Brinkac, Lauren M, Daugherty, Sean C, Durkin, A. Scott, Kolonay, James F, Nelson, William C, Mohamoud, Yasmin, Lee, Perris, Berry, Kristi, Young, M. Brook, Utterback, Teresa, Weidman, Janice, Nierman, William C, Paulsen, Ian T, Nelson, Karen E, Tettelin, Hervé, O'Neill, Scott L, Eisen, Jonathan A·2004·PLoS Biology
DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020069

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