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 +6 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
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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 +22 more
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Horizontal transfer beyond genes [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014 Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major process in the evolution of bacteria and archaea (1⇓–3) that is thought to be the principal source of functional innovation in microbial evolution (4, 5). The signal of vertical, tree-like evolution is detectable primarily among genes encoding components of information processing systems, whereas evolution of ...
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Evaluation of possible Horizontal Gene Transfer events between Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG and Saccharomyces ‘boulardii’ [PDF]
, 2022 In this research study, I compared the genomes of S. boulardii and L. rhamnosus by applying bioinformatic tools, to elucidate the presence or absence of lateral gene transfer event between them. Genomes obtained through illumina sequencing were mapped on
Flaja, Javier Leandro
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Horizontal gene transfer from Agrobacterium to plants
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014 Most genetic engineering of plants uses Agrobacterium mediated transformation to introduce novel gene content. In nature, insertion of T-DNA in the plant genome and its subsequent transfer via sexual reproduction has been shown in several species in the ...
Tatiana V. Matveeva, Ludmila A. Lutova
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Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes on abiotic touch surfaces: implications for public health [PDF]
, 2012 Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is largely responsible for increasing incidence of antibiotic-resistant infections worldwide. Whilst studies have focussed on HGT in vivo, this work investigates whether the ability of pathogens to persist in the ...
Warnes, S.L. +5 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.
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Horizontal gene transfer in fungi [PDF]
FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2011 Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is frequently observed in prokaryotes and until recently was assumed to be of limited importance to eukaryotes. However, there is an increasing body of evidence to suggest that HGT is an important mechanism in eukaryotic genome evolution, particularly in unicellular organisms.
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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.
Haas, Rainer +17 more
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