Horizontal gene transfer regulation in bacteria as a "spandrel" of DNA repair mechanisms.

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is recognized as the major force for bacterial genome evolution. Yet, numerous questions remain about the transferred genes, their function, quantity and frequency. The extent to which genetic transformation by exogenous DNA has occurred over evolutionary time was init...

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Main Authors: Saliou Fall, Anne Mercier, Franck Bertolla, Alexandra Calteau, Laurent Gueguen, Guy Perrière, Timothy M Vogel, Pascal Simonet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001055