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Evolution of mosaic operons by horizontal gene transfer and gene displacement in situ

BACKGROUND: Shuffling and disruption of operons and horizontal gene transfer are major contributions to the new, dynamic view of prokaryotic evolution. Under the 'selfish operon' hypothesis, operons are viewed as mobile genetic entities that are constantly disseminated via horizontal gene...

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Autores principales: Omelchenko, Marina V, Makarova, Kira S, Wolf, Yuri I, Rogozin, Igor B, Koonin, Eugene V
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC193655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12952534