Networks of gene sharing among 329 proteobacterial genomes reveal differences in lateral gene transfer frequency at different phylogenetic depths

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1057-1074

  Kloesges, Thorsten ^a   Popa, Ovidiu ^a   Martin, William ^a   Dagan, Tal ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

horizontal gene transfer; microbial evolution; symbionts

Indexed keywords

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; LANGAT VIRUS; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 78751527447     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq297     Document Type: Article

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