NAD biosynthesis evolution in bacteria: Lateral gene transfer of kynurenine pathway in Xanthomonadales and Flavobacteriales

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-406

  Lima, Wanessa C ^a   Varani, Alessandro M ^a   Menck, Carlos F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flavobacteriales; Kynurenine pathway; Lateral gene transfer; NAD metabolism; Tryptophan catabolism; Xanthomonas

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDETES; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; KYNURENINE; PHYLOGENY; QUINOLINIC ACID; XANTHOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDETES; EUKARYOTA; FLAVOBACTERIALES; XANTHOMONADALES; XANTHOMONAS; XYLELLA;

EID: 58449097916     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn261     Document Type: Article

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