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Widespread of horizontal gene transfer in the human genome

BMC Genomics, 2017
Background A fundamental concept in biology is that heritable material is passed from parents to offspring, a process called vertical gene transfer. An alternative mechanism of gene acquisition is through horizontal gene transfer (HGT), which involves ...
Wenze Huang, Lillian Tsai, Yulong Li, Nan Hua, Chen Sun, Chaochun Wei   +5 more
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Extensive horizontal gene transfer during Staphylococcus aureus co-colonization in vivo. [PDF]

, 2014
Staphylococcus aureus is a commensal and major pathogen of humans and animals. Comparative genomics of S. aureus populations suggests that colonization of different host species is associated with carriage of mobile genetic elements (MGE), particularly ...
Gould, KA, Lindsay, JA, Lloyd, DH, Loeffler, A, McCarthy, AJ, Witney, AA   +5 more
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Cloning and Characterization of Pectate Lyases Expressed in the Esophageal Gland of the Pine Wood Nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2006
Two pectate lyase genes (Bx-pel-1 and Bx-pel-2) were cloned from the pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xy-lophilus. The deduced amino acid sequences of these pectate lyases are most similar to polysaccharide lyase family 3 proteins.
Taisei Kikuchi, Hajime Shibuya, Takuya Aikawa, John T. Jones   +3 more
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Recombination and gene loss occur simultaneously during bacterial horizontal gene transfer.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Bacteria can acquire new genes by incorporating environmental DNA into their genomes, yet genome sizes stay relatively constant. In nature, gene acquisition is a rare event so it is difficult to observe.
Bert Ely
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Experimental determination of evolutionary barriers to horizontal gene transfer

BMC Microbiology, 2020
Background Horizontal gene transfer, the acquisition of genes across species boundaries, is a major source of novel phenotypes that enables microbes to rapidly adapt to new environments.
Hande Acar Kirit, Mato Lagator, Jonathan P. Bollback   +2 more
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Horizontal gene transfer is not a hallmark of the human genome

Genome Biology, 2017
Crisp et al. recently reported that 145 human genes have been horizontally transferred from distant species. Here, I re-analyze those genes listed by Crisp et al.
Steven L. Salzberg
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Improved gene tree error correction in the presence of horizontal gene transfer [PDF]

, 2014
Motivation: The accurate inference of gene trees is a necessary step in many evolutionary studies. Although the problem of accurate gene tree inference has received considerable attention, most existing methods are only applicable to gene families ...
Bansal, Bapteste, Burleigh, Chen, Choi, David, Delsuc, Doyon, Durand, Eric J. Alm, Felsenstein, Goodman, Guindon, Górecki, Hallett, Harding, Koonin, Lerat, Lerat, Li, Libeskind-Hadas, Liu, Ma, Manolis Kellis, Mukul S. Bansal, Nguyen, Organ, Ovadia, Page, Rambaut, Rasmussen, Rutschmann, Saitou, Salter, Sanderson, Sennblad, Shimodaira, Stamatakis, Stolzer, Storm, Thornton, Tofigh, Tofigh, Vilella, Wapinski, Whelan, Wu, Yang, Yi-Chieh Wu, Yule, Zhaxybayeva, Zhaxybayeva, Åkerborg   +52 more
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Surfactin Facilitates Horizontal Gene Transfer in Bacillus subtilis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Genetic competence for the uptake and integration of extracellular DNA is a key process in horizontal gene transfer (HGT), one of the most powerful forces driving the evolution of bacteria. In several species, development of genetic competence is coupled
Tjaša Danevčič, Anna Dragoš, Anna Dragoš, Mihael Spacapan, Polonca Stefanic, Iztok Dogsa, Ines Mandic-Mulec   +6 more
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Detecting Horizontal Gene Transfer between Closely Related Taxa. [PDF]

PLoS Computational Biology, 2015
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), the transfer of genetic material between organisms, is crucial for genetic innovation and the evolution of genome architecture.
Orit Adato, Noga Ninyo, Uri Gophna, Sagi Snir   +3 more
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Gene Loss and Horizontal Gene Transfer Contributed to the Genome Evolution of the Extreme Acidophile “Ferrovum” [PDF]

, 2016
Indexación: Web of Science. Scopus.Acid mine drainage (AMD), associated with active and abandoned mining sites, is a habitat for acidophilic microorganisms that gain energy from the oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds and ferrous iron and that thrive ...
Daniel, Rolf, González, Carolina, Holmes, David S., Mühling, Martin, Poehlein, Anja, Schlömann, Michael, Tischler, Judith S., Ullrich, Sophie R.   +7 more
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