Type I polyketide synthases may have evolved through horizontal gene transfer

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 716-725

  Ginolhac, Aurélien ^a,b   Jarrin, Cyrille ^a,b   Robe, Patrick ^a   Perrière, Guy ^c   Vogel, Timothy M ^b   Simonet, Pascal ^b   Nalin, Renaud ^a  

^a LibraGen   (France)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Actinomycetales; Horizontal gene transfer; Ketosynthase; Molecular phylogeny; Polyketide synthase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES;

EID: 21244455575     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0161-1     Document Type: Article

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