Two families of rep-like genes that probably originated by interspecies recombination are represented in viral, plasmid, bacterial, and parasitic protozoan genomes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1097-1100

  Gibbs, Mark J ^a   Smeianov, Vladimir V ^b   Steele, James L ^b   Upcroft, Peter ^c   Efimov, Boris A ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Circovirus; Gene family; Interspecies recombination; Parasitic protozoan; pLS1 plasmid; RecRep1

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CANARYPOX VIRUS; CIRCOVIRIDAE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NANOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHYTOPLASMA; PICORNAVIRUS; PLASMID; PLESIOMORPHY; PROTOZOON; SPECIES; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSGENE; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CANARYPOX VIRUS; CIRCOVIRUS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, VIRAL; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PHYTOPLASMA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOCATENULATUM; CANARYPOX VIRUS; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CIRCOVIRIDAE; CIRCOVIRUS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NANOVIRUS; PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS; PICORNA; PICORNAVIRIDAE; POSIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33646872444     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msj122     Document Type: Article

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