Shuffling bacterial metabolomes

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has a far more significant role than gene duplication in bacterial evolution. This has recently been illustrated by work demonstrating the importance of HGT in the emergence of bacterial metabolic networks, with horizontally acquired genes being placed in peripheral pa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Thomason, Brendan, Read, Timothy D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1431723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16522219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2006-7-2-204
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Sumario:Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has a far more significant role than gene duplication in bacterial evolution. This has recently been illustrated by work demonstrating the importance of HGT in the emergence of bacterial metabolic networks, with horizontally acquired genes being placed in peripheral pathways at the outer branches of the networks.

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