The Impact of Lateral Gene Transfer in Chlamydia [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022 Lateral gene transfer (LGT) facilitates many processes in bacterial ecology and pathogenesis, especially regarding pathogen evolution and the spread of antibiotic resistance across species.
Hanna Marti +2 more
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Characterization of an ancient lepidopteran lateral gene transfer. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Bacteria to eukaryote lateral gene transfers (LGT) are an important potential source of material for the evolution of novel genetic traits. The explosion in the number of newly sequenced genomes provides opportunities to identify and characterize ...
David Wheeler +2 more
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Evolutionary Dynamics and Lateral Gene Transfer in Raphidophyceae Plastid Genomes [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 The Raphidophyceae is an ecologically important eukaryotic lineage of primary producers and predators that inhabit marine and freshwater environments worldwide.
Jong Im Kim +5 more
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Lateral Gene Transfer Shapes Diversity of Gardnerella spp. [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Gardnerella spp. are pathognomonic for bacterial vaginosis, which increases the risk of preterm birth and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections. Gardnerella spp.
Lindsey L. Bohr +3 more
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Lateral gene transfer between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. [PDF]
Exp Cell Res, 2017 Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is an all-encompassing term for the movement of DNA between diverse organisms. LGT is synonymous with horizontal gene transfer, and the terms are used interchangeably throughout the scientific literature. While LGT has been recognized within the bacteria domain of life for decades, inter-domain LGTs are being increasingly ...
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Grafting or pruning in the animal tree: lateral gene transfer and gene loss? [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2018 Background Lateral gene transfer (LGT), also known as horizontal gene transfer, into multicellular eukaryotes with differentiated tissues, particularly gonads, continues to be met with skepticism by many prominent evolutionary and genomic biologists.
Julie C. Dunning Hotopp
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Lateral Gene Transfer in a Heavy Metal-Contaminated-Groundwater Microbial Community [PDF]
mBio, 2016 Unraveling the drivers controlling the response and adaptation of biological communities to environmental change, especially anthropogenic activities, is a central but poorly understood issue in ecology and evolution. Comparative genomics studies suggest
Christopher L. Hemme +14 more
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Lateral gene transfer between prokaryotes and multicellular eukaryotes: ongoing and significant? [PDF]
BMC Biology, 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
Hurst Gregory DD, Ros Vera ID
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Aphids acquired symbiotic genes via lateral gene transfer [PDF]
BMC Biology, 2009 Background Aphids possess bacteriocytes, which are cells specifically differentiated to harbour the obligate mutualist Buchnera aphidicola (γ-Proteobacteria). Buchnera has lost many of the genes that appear to be essential for bacterial life.
Nakabachi Atsushi, Nikoh Naruo
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Outer membrane vesicles of Acinetobacter baumannii DS002 carry circular DNA similar to bovine meat and milk factors (BMMFs) and SPHINX 2.36 and probably play a role in interdomain lateral gene transfer [PDF]
Microbiology SpectrumThe discovery of Replication Competent Circular DNA molecules in mammalian cells and tissues is being linked to debilitating diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), and colorectal cancer (CRC).
Ganeshwari Dhurve +3 more
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