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Genomic islands: tools of bacterial horizontal gene transfer and evolution
Bacterial genomes evolve through mutations, rearrangements or horizontal gene transfer. Besides the core genes encoding essential metabolic functions, bacterial genomes also harbour a number of accessory genes acquired by horizontal gene transfer that might be beneficial under certain environmental...
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| Formato: | Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19178566 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00136.x |