Horizontal gene transfer in evolution
Evolution of substrate specificity in a recipient's enzyme following horizontal gene transfer
... enzyme evolution is that gene duplication of multi-specific enzymes, followed by narrowing of substrate specificity, is the primary mechanism by which novel enzyme families have evolved (Jensen 1976; Ohno ...
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Evolution of PE35 and PPE68 Gene Families in Mycobacterium: Roles of Horizontal Gene Transfer and Evolutionary Constraints
... and evolution of these gene families and the differences in their com- position between pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains, several bioinformatic analyses were con- ducted both among Mycobacterium and ...
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Contribution of Horizontal Gene Transfer to the Evolution of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
... Horizontal gene transfer can facilitate the adaptation of an organism to a particular ...transferred gene most likely provided a selective ...the transfer of a DHOD gene ...
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Two C or not two C: recurrent disruption of Zn ribbons, gene duplication, lineage specific gene loss, and horizontal gene transfer in evolution of bacterial ribosomal proteins
... Duplications of r-protein genes: C+ and C- versions To identify duplications of r-protein genes, we checked the clusters of orthologous groups (COGs) [19] for all 54 riboso- mal proteins of the large and small ribosomal ...
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Lifestyle and Horizontal Gene Transfer-Mediated Evolution of Mucispirillum schaedleri, a Core Member of the Murine Gut Microbiota
... genes. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major source of phenotypic innovation and a way to facilitate niche ...conjugal transfer proteins) were putatively acquired via ...the gene ...
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Horizontal gene transfer and evolution of antibiotic gene clusters
... chromosomally-located antibiotic genes diverse in found been has of a set streptomycin pathway-specific regulator, strR, been have both that already previously streptomycetes phenotypica[r] ...
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The Ordospora colligata Genome: Evolution of Extreme Reduction in Microsporidia and Host To Parasite Horizontal Gene Transfer
... higher levels of conservation; conservation is reduced as we move further across the phylogenetic tree. For each species, the total number of predicted proteins is indicated in the center of the figure. “uORF” (unknown ...
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COMPARATIVE GENOMICS AND THE EVOLUTION OF PATHOGENICITY IN HUMAN PATHOGENIC FUNGI
... In fungi, the role of horizontal gene transfer in evolution, either from.. bacteria or other fungi, has been considered to be marginal.[r] ...
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Evolutionary Origins of the Eukaryotic Shikimate Pathway: Gene Fusions, Horizontal Gene Transfer, and Endosymbiotic Replacements
... fusion gene con- sistent with the monophyly of the Plantae and ...possible evolution- ary scenarios: (i) a planctomycete-to-Plantae HGT, (ii) a plas- tid-progenitor-to-Plantae EGT followed by an HGT to the ...
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Horizontal Gene Transfer of Functional Type VI Killing Genes by Natural Transformation
... ABSTRACT Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) can have profound effects on bacterial evolution by allowing individuals to rapidly acquire adaptive traits that shape their strategies for ...via ...
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Understanding Horizontal Gene Transfer network in human gut microbiota
... We detected community in each HGT network in each sample and to study the community evolution by compar- ing those detected HGT communities across time/individ- ual. First, for community detection, we applied the ...
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The advantages and disadvantages of horizontal gene transfer and the emergence of the first species
... of horizontal gene transfer in early evolution, and reports that, under accurate replication, lower rates of HGT are ...each gene type represented in a genome, and a lower cost c for ...
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Genomic insights into the rapid emergence and evolution of MDR in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius
... Key works: Antimicrobial resistance, horizontal gene transfer, MRSP, whole genome.. 16.[r] ...
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Horizontal gene transfer in the human gastrointestinal tract: potential spread of antibiotic resistance genes
... zontal transfer mechanisms and their evolution and then demonstrate the human lower gastro- intestinal tract as an environment in which horizontal gene transfer of resistance ...
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Migration and horizontal gene transfer divide microbial genomes into multiple niches
... the horizontal gene flux initially increases up to a maximum at a 1:1 ratio of donors and recipients (C(t) ¼ 1 C(t) ¼ ...the gene flux, which gives the expected number of horizontal gene ...
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Evidence for the intense exchange of MazG in marine cyanophages by horizontal gene transfer
... this gene by a marine phage was more likely to have occurred during the infection of a Chloroflexus relative and not a Synechococcus ...this gene we expect that there will be a very similar bacterial ...
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Stochastic Models for Horizontal Gene Transfer
... molecular evolution hold tween two different prokaryotic species, and (3) trans- that genetic material mutates slowly over time as it duction of genetic material through ...changing. Evolution- In the field ...
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A horizontal gene transfer at the origin of phenylpropanoid metabolism: a key adaptation of plants to land
... Celio G, Gueidan C, Fraker E, Miadlikowska J, Lumbsch HT, Rauhut A, Reeb V, Arnold AE, Amtoft A, Stajich JE, Hosaka K, Sung G-H, Johnson D, O'Rourke B, Crockett M, Binder M, Curtis JM, Slot JC, Wang Z, Wilson AW, ...
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Novel “Superspreader” Bacteriophages Promote Horizontal Gene Transfer by Transformation
... promoting horizontal gene transfer by trans- ...lateral transfer of antibiotic resistance in unbiased com- munities of soil bacteria from Maryland and ...bial evolution and ecology but ...
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Phylogeographic support for horizontal gene transfer involving sympatric bruchid species
... star™), 0.5 µL of forward primer, and 0.5 µL of reverse primer. PCRs were performed separately for each primer pair on a PTC-200™ thermocycler using the following cycling conditions: initial denaturation at 92°C (1 min ...
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