Lack of evidence for horizontal transfer of the lac operon into Escherichia coli

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 683-690

  Stoebel, Daniel M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Escherichia coli; lac operon; Lateral gene transfer; Shimodaira Hasegawa test

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CLADISTICS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOSS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LAC OPERON;

EID: 14544280790     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi056     Document Type: Article

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