Evolution of gene fusions: horizontal transfer versus independent events

Genome Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Yanai, Itai ^a   Wolf, Yuri I ^b   Koonin, Eugene V ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Deinococcus Radiodurans; Gene Fusion; Horizontal Gene Transfer; Horizontal Transfer; Prokaryotic Genome

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENOME; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0036046771     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-5-research0024     Document Type: Article

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