Genome evolution of Wolbachia strain wPip from the Culex pipiens group.

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The obligate intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis strain wPip induces cytoplasmic incompatibility (CI), patterns of crossing sterility, in the Culex pipiens group of mosquitoes. The complete sequence is presented of the 1.48-Mbp genome of wPip which encodes 1386 coding sequences (CDSs), representing the first genome sequence of a B-supergroup Wolbachia. Comparisons were made with the smaller genomes of Wolbachia strains wMel of Drosophila melanogaster, an A-supergroup Wolbachia that is...

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Authors: Klasson, L; Walker, T; Sebaihia, M; Sanders, M; Quail, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Molecular biology and evolution
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 1877-1887
• Publication date: 2008-09-01
• DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn133
• EISSN: 1537-1719
• ISSN: 0737-4038
• Language: English
• Keywords: Prophages; Culex; Gene Duplication; DNA, Bacterial; Gene Transfer, Horizontal; Ankyrin Repeat; Molecular Sequence Data; Animals; Wolbachia; Evolution, Molecular; Bacterial Proteins; Genome, Bacterial; Symbiosis; Drosophila melanogaster