Rapid pathway evolution facilitated by horizontal gene transfers across prokaryotic lineages

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Iwasaki, Wataru ^a   Takagi, Toshihisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GENE TRANSFER; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTE; TREE OF LIFE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS;

PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 62149090271     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000402     Document Type: Article

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