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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., John F Peden, Boonmee Prawit, Prawit Boonmee, Stephen A Jarvis, Peden John F, Jarvis Stephen A, Saunders Nigel J, Nigel J Saunders   +17 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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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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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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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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Lateral gene transfer between prokaryotes and multicellular eukaryotes: ongoing and significant? [PDF]

, 2009
The expansion of genome sequencing projects has produced accumulating evidence for lateral transfer of genes between prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. However, it remains controversial whether these genes are of functional importance in their recipient
Ros Vera ID, Vera ID Ros, Hurst, G.D.D., Gregory DD Hurst, Hurst Gregory DD, Ros, V.I.D.   +5 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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An investigation of horizontal transfer of feed introduced DNA to the aerobic microbiota of the gastrointestinal tract of rats [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Horizontal gene transfer through natural transformation of members of the microbiota of the lower gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of mammals has not yet been described.
Raddadi Noura, Nielsen KM, Traavik T, Terje Traavik, Brusetti Lorenzo, Averhoff, Beate, Nordgård Lise, Beate Averhoff, Nordgård, Lise, Noura Raddadi, Brusetti L, Nielsen, Kaare Magne, Kaare Magne Nielsen, Traavik, Terje, Nielsen Kaare, Traavik Terje, Lorenzo Brusetti, Raddadi, Noura, Averhoff B, Brusetti, Lorenzo, Averhoff Beate, Nordgård L, Lise Nordgard   +22 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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