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Extensively duplicated and transcriptionally active recent lateral gene transfer from a bacterial Wolbachia endosymbiont to its host filarial nematode Brugia malayi

BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis is a neglected tropical disease afflicting more than 120 million people, while another 1.3 billion people are at risk of infection. The nematode worm Brugia malayi is one of the causative agents of the disease and exists in a mutualistic symbiosis with Wolbachia bact...

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Autores principales: Ioannidis, Panagiotis, Johnston, Kelly L, Riley, David R, Kumar, Nikhil, White, James R, Olarte, Karen T, Ott, Sandra, Tallon, Luke J, Foster, Jeremy M, Taylor, Mark J, Dunning Hotopp, Julie C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24053607
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-639