Transient Hypermutagenesis Accelerates the Evolution of Legume Endosymbionts following Horizontal Gene Transfer.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Remigi, Philippe; Capela, Delphine; Clerissi, Camille; Tasse, Léna; Torchet, Rachel; Bouchez, Olivier; Batut, Jacques; Cruveiller, Stéphane; Rocha, Eduardo P. C.; Masson-Boivin, Catherine
- Source
- PLoS Biology. Sep2014, Vol. 12 Issue 9, p1-12. 12p.
- Subject
- *GENETIC transformation
*DNA polymerases
*SOIL microbiology
*BACTERIAL genomes
*HORIZONTAL gene transfer
*BACTERIA
- Language
- ISSN
- 1544-9173
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