Comparative network clustering of direct repeats (DRs) and cas genes confirms the possibility of the horizontal transfer of CRISPR locus among bacteria

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 878-887

  Chakraborty, Sajib ^a   Snijders, Ambrosius P ^b   Chakravorty, Rajib ^c   Ahmed, Musaddeque ^a   Tarek, Ashek Md ^a   Hossain, M Anwar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cas genes; Co evolution; CRSIPR; DRs; Evolutionary pressure; Horizontal transfer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954423847     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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