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Opportunity and Means: Horizontal Gene Transfer from the Human Host to a Bacterial Pathogen

The acquisition and incorporation of genetic material between nonmating species, or horizontal gene transfer (HGT), has been frequently described for phylogenetically related organisms, but far less evidence exists for HGT between highly divergent organisms. Here we report the identification and cha...

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Autores principales: Anderson, Mark T., Seifert, H. Steven
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3042738/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21325040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00005-11