Many purported pseudogenes in bacterial genomes are bona fide genes
Abstract Background Microbial genomes are largely comprised of protein coding sequences, yet some genomes contain many pseudogenes caused by frameshifts or internal stop codons. These pseudogenes are believed to result from gene degradation during evolution but could also be technical artifacts of g...
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BMC
2024-04-01
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| Series: | BMC Genomics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10137-0 |