Experimental horizontal gene transfer of methylamine dehydrogenase mimics prevalent exchange in nature and overcomes the methylamine growth constraints posed by the sub-optimal n-methylglutamate pathway

Microorganisms

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 60-79

  Nayak, Dipti D ^a,b   Marx, Christopher J ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental Evolution; Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT); Methylamine; Methylobacterium; Methylotrophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978252909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms3010060     Document Type: Article

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