Gene amelioration demonstrated: the journey of nascent genes in bacteria Journal Articles

abstract

• Gene amelioration is the hypothesis that genes acquired via lateral gene transfer will, over time, acquire the molecular characteristics of the host genome. Species for which multiple strains have been sequenced permit a demonstration that this hypothesis is correct. We use 7 sequenced genomes of Streptococcus pyogenes and 6 sequenced genomes of Staphylococcus aureus to illustrate the action of amelioration on these genomes.

authors

• Marri, Pradeep Reddy
• Golding, Brian

status

• published 

publication date

• February 2008

has subject area

• 0604 Genetics (FoR)
• 0703 Crop and Pasture Production (FoR)
• 1001 Agricultural Biotechnology (FoR)
• Bacteria (MeSH)
• Codon (MeSH)
• Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial (MeSH)
• Genome, Bacterial (MeSH)
• Plant Biology & Botany (Science Metrix)
• Species Specificity (MeSH)
• Staphylococcus aureus (MeSH)
• Streptococcus pyogenes (MeSH)

published in

• Genome  Journal

keywords

• Bacteria
• Codon
• Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
• Genome, Bacterial
• Species Specificity
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Streptococcus pyogenes

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1139/g07-105

PubMed ID

• 18356951

start page

• 164

end page

• 168

volume

• 51

issue

• 2