Lateral gene transfer of family A DNA polymerases between thermophilic viruses, aquificae, and apicomplexa

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1653-1664

  Schoenfeld, Thomas W ^a   Murugapiran, Senthil K ^b   Dodsworth, Jeremy A ^b   Floyd, Sally ^a   Lodes, Michael ^a   Mead, David A ^a   Hedlund, Brian P ^b  

^a Lucigen   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Aquificae; DNA polymerase; horizontal gene transfer; replication; viral metagenomics

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA PRIMASE; GENOMIC DNA; HELICASE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALKALINITY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; APICOMPLEXA; APICOPLAST; AQUIFICAE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE PRODUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METAGENOME; NATIONAL PARK; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PLASMODIUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIVER BASIN; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; TOXOPLASMA; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENE;

APICOMPLEXA; AQUIFICAE; DNA POLYMERASE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; REPLICATION; VIRAL METAGENOMICS;

ALVEOLATA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HOT SPRINGS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRUSES;

APICOMPLEXA; AQUIFICAE; AQUIFICAE (CLASS); BABESIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA); TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84879356195     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst078     Document Type: Article

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