Phylogenomic evidence for a myxococcal contribution to the mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation.

BACKGROUND: The origin of eukaryotes remains a fundamental question in evolutionary biology. Although it is clear that eukaryotic genomes are a chimeric combination of genes of eubacterial and archaebacterial ancestry, the specific ancestry of most eubacterial genes is still unknown. The growing ava...

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Main Authors: Agatha Schlüter, Iñaki Ruiz-Trillo, Aurora Pujol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3131387?pdf=render