Evolutionary diversification of an ancient gene family (rhs) through C-terminal displacement

TY - JOUR

T1 - Evolutionary diversification of an ancient gene family (rhs) through C-terminal displacement

AU - Jackson, Andrew P

AU - Thomas, Gavin H

AU - Parkhill, Julian

AU - Thomson, Nicholas R

PY - 2009/12/7

Y1 - 2009/12/7

N2 - Rhs genes are prominent features of bacterial genomes that have previously been implicated in genomic rearrangements in E. coli. By comparing rhs repertoires across the Enterobacteriaceae, this study provides a robust explanation of rhs diversification and evolution, and a mechanistic model of how rhs diversity is gained and lost.

AB - Rhs genes are prominent features of bacterial genomes that have previously been implicated in genomic rearrangements in E. coli. By comparing rhs repertoires across the Enterobacteriaceae, this study provides a robust explanation of rhs diversification and evolution, and a mechanistic model of how rhs diversity is gained and lost.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=73149111266&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1186/1471-2164-10-584

DO - 10.1186/1471-2164-10-584

M3 - Article

C2 - 19968874

VL - 10

SP - 584

JO - BMC Genomics

JF - BMC Genomics

M1 - 584

ER -