Horizontal Gene Transfer and Its Part in the Reorganisation of Genetics during the LUCA Epoch

Currently there are five known mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer (HGT): transduction, conjugation, transformation, gene transfer agents and membrane vesicle transfer. The question here is: what part did HGT play in the reorganisation of genetics during the last universal common ancestor (LUCA)...

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Autor principal: Jheeta, Sohan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25369883
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life3040518
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description Currently there are five known mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer (HGT): transduction, conjugation, transformation, gene transfer agents and membrane vesicle transfer. The question here is: what part did HGT play in the reorganisation of genetics during the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) epoch? LUCA is a construct to explain the origin of the three domains of life; namely Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya. This editorial offers a general introduction to the relevance and ultimate significance of HGT in relation to the LUCA.
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spelling pubmed-41871322014-10-27 Horizontal Gene Transfer and Its Part in the Reorganisation of Genetics during the LUCA Epoch Jheeta, Sohan Life (Basel) Editorial Currently there are five known mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer (HGT): transduction, conjugation, transformation, gene transfer agents and membrane vesicle transfer. The question here is: what part did HGT play in the reorganisation of genetics during the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) epoch? LUCA is a construct to explain the origin of the three domains of life; namely Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya. This editorial offers a general introduction to the relevance and ultimate significance of HGT in relation to the LUCA. MDPI 2013-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4187132/ /pubmed/25369883 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life3040518 Text en © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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title Horizontal Gene Transfer and Its Part in the Reorganisation of Genetics during the LUCA Epoch
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title_fullStr Horizontal Gene Transfer and Its Part in the Reorganisation of Genetics during the LUCA Epoch
title_full_unstemmed Horizontal Gene Transfer and Its Part in the Reorganisation of Genetics during the LUCA Epoch
title_short Horizontal Gene Transfer and Its Part in the Reorganisation of Genetics during the LUCA Epoch
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4187132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25369883
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life3040518
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