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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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Widespread impact of horizontal gene transfer on plant colonization of land [PDF]

, 2012
In complex multicellular eukaryotes such as animals and plants, horizontal gene transfer is commonly considered rare with very limited evolutionary significance.
A Schaller, AA Wiszniewski, AK Werner, AO Richardson, B Wang, B Zhu, C Esser, C Zhao, D Cove, D Pisani, DC Price, EG Danchin, G Emiliani, G Noctor, G Ricard, G Sun, G Sun, H Ochman, H Philippe, H Tanaka, HA Schmidt, J Huang, J Huang, J Huang, JD Hackett, JO Andersson, JO Andersson, JO Andersson, JO Andersson, JP Gogarten, L Belbahri, L Klasson, LE Graham, LW Neuteboom, M Koulintchenko, M Syvanen, MC Brundrett, MJ Sanderson, NA Moran, PA Christin, PJ Keeling, R Alcazar, R Bock, S Guindon, S Yoshida, SD Copley, T Davidsen, T Flores, T Kusano, T Ni, TA Richards, TM Keane, U Bergthorsson, VV Goremykin, W Martin, Y Cheng   +55 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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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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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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Horizontal gene transfer-mediated bacterial strain variation affects host fitness in Drosophila

BMC Biology, 2021
Background How microbes affect host fitness and environmental adaptation has become a fundamental research question in evolutionary biology. To better understand the role of microbial genomic variation for host fitness, we tested for associations of ...
Yun Wang, Franz Baumdicker, Paul Schweiger, Sven Kuenzel, Fabian Staubach   +4 more
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The Role of the Environment in Horizontal Gene Transfer

Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2022
AbstractGene-by-environment interactions play a crucial role in horizontal gene transfer by affecting how the transferred genes alter host fitness. However, how the environment modulates the fitness effect of transferred genes has not been tested systematically in an experimental study.
Hande Acar Kirit, Jonathan P Bollback, Mato Lagator   +2 more
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Evidence of Massive Horizontal Gene Transfer Between Humans and Plasmodium vivax [PDF]

, 2011
The horizontal transfer of DNA between different organisms is a major force shaping the genomes of prokaryotes, but is considered to have a minor role in eukaryotes, with only a handful of known examples, mostly of limited size.
Daniel Z. Bar
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Multiple pathways of plasmid DNA transfer in Helicobacter pylori [PDF]

, 2012
Many Helicobacter pylori (Hp) strains carry cryptic plasmids of different size and gene content, the function of which is not well understood. A subgroup of these plasmids (e.g.
Benghezal, Mohammed, Fischer, Wolfgang, Haas, Rainer, Holsten, Lea, Rohrer, Stefanie, Weiss, Evelyn   +5 more
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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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