Evidence for the intense exchange of MazG in marine cyanophages by horizontal gene transfer.

BACKGROUND: S-PM2 is a phage capable of infecting strains of unicellular cyanobacteria belonging to the genus Synechococcus. S-PM2, like other myoviruses infecting marine cyanobacteria, encodes a number of bacterial-like genes. Amongst these genes is one encoding a MazG homologue that is hypothesize...

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Main Authors: Michael J Bryan, Nigel J Burroughs, Edward M Spence, Martha R J Clokie, Nicholas H Mann, Samantha J Bryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2297514?pdf=render