Incorporation of a horizontally transferred gene into an operon during cnidarian evolution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Dana, Catherine E ^a,b   Glauber, Kristine M ^a,b   Chan, Titus A ^a,b   Bridge, Diane M ^c   Steele, Robert E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CNIDARIA; EVOLUTION; FLP GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC INCORPORATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOME; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HYDRA; MEDUSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLUM; TRANS SPLICING; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; HYDRA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CNIDARIA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84856645414     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031643     Document Type: Article

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