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- Title
Horizontal gene transfer: A gift from afar...
- Authors
O'Connell, David
- Abstract
The article discusses the research on horizontal gene transfer. The characterization of two proteins which are affected in the cytoskeletal architecture of the bacterium Prosthecobacter dejongeii has offered an example of possible horizontal gene transfer from eukaryotic cell to a prokaryote. The results of the analysis indicates that the probable explanation for the origin of btub A and B which are the only genes in the P.dejongeii genome with a high degree of similarity to eukaryotic genes.
- Subjects
GENETIC transformation; BACTERIAL transformation; MICROBIAL genetics; GENOMES; EUKARYOTIC cells; PROKARYOTES
- Publication
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2005, Vol 3, Issue 9, p668
- ISSN
1740-1526
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrmicro1260