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

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Fall, Saliou ^a   Mercier, Anne ^b   Bertolla, Franck ^b   Calteau, Alexandra ^c   Gueguen, Laurent ^c   Perrière, Guy ^c   Vogel, Timothy M ^a   Simonet, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN MUTS; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA REPAIR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 42349100413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001055     Document Type: Article

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