Horizontal Gene Transfers in prokaryotes show differential preferences for metabolic and translational genes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is an important process, which contributes in bacterial pathogenesis and drug resistance. A number of methods have been proposed for detection of horizontal gene transfer. One successful approach to the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/9 |