Lightning-triggered electroporation and electrofusion as possible contributors to natural horizontal gene transfer

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 351-370

  Kotnik, Tadej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

DNA; Electrofusion; Electroporation; Electrotransformation; Evolution; HGT; Horizontal gene transfer; Lightnings

Indexed keywords

ELECTROFUSION; ELECTROPORATION; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; EVOLUTION; HGT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER;

DNA; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; GENE TRANSFER; MICROORGANISMS;

LIGHTNING;

PROKARYOTA;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ELECTROFUSION; ELECTROPORATION; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; EVOLUTION; HGT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNINGS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID; DNA; ELECTROFUSION; ELECTROPORATION; ELECTROTRANSFORMATION; EVOLUTION; HGT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LIGHTNINGS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; LIGHTNING;

EID: 84883557059     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2013.05.001     Document Type: Review

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