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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 ...
McCarthy, AJ, Lloyd, DH, Lindsay, JA, Lindsay, J A, Gould, K A, Witney, AA, Gould, KA, Loeffler, A, Witney, A A, McCarthy, A J, Lloyd, D H   +10 more
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Detecting horizontal gene transfer: a probabilistic approach

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the event of a DNA sequence being transferred between species not by inheritance. HGT is a crucial factor in prokaryotic evolution and is a significant source for genomic novelty resulting in antibiotic ...
Gur Sevillya, Orit Adato, Sagi Snir
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Staphylococcus aureus temperate bacteriophage: carriage and horizontal gene transfer is lineage associated. [PDF]

, 2012
Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of human and animal infections. Bacteriophage are a class of mobile genetic element (MGE) that carry virulence genes and disseminate them horizontally, including Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL), the immune evasion
McCarthy, AJ, Lindsay, JA, Alex J Mccarthy, Jodi A Lindsay, Witney, AA, Adam A Witney, Alex J. McCarthy, Jodi. A. Lindsay, Adam A. Witney   +8 more
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Evolution of substrate specificity in a recipient's enzyme following horizontal gene transfer [PDF]

, 2013
Despite the prominent role of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in shaping bacterial metabolism, little is known about the impact of HGT on the evolution of enzyme function.
Noda-Garcia, Lianet, Medina-Ruíz, Sophía, Gaytán, Paul, Carrillo-Tripp, Mauricio, Camacho-Zarco, Aldo R., Fülöp, Vilmos, Barona-Gómez, Francisco   +6 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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Inter-species horizontal transfer resulting in core-genome and niche-adaptive variation within Helicobacter pylori [PDF]

, 2005
Background Horizontal gene transfer is central to evolution in most bacterial species. The detection of exchanged regions is often based upon analysis of compositional characteristics and their comparison to the organism as a whole.
Boonmee, P, Jarvis, SA, Boonmee, Prawit, Jarvis, Stephen A.; id_orcid, Peden, John F., Saunders, Nigel, Saunders, NJ, Peden, JF, Saunders, Nigel J., Jarvis, Stephen A.   +9 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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Automation of horizontal gene transfer detection [PDF]

, 2021
Implementation of SOP for horizontal gene transfer into ...
ambarish kumar
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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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