Expansion of the protein repertoire in newly explored environments: human gut microbiome specific protein families.

The microbes that inhabit particular environments must be able to perform molecular functions that provide them with a competitive advantage to thrive in those environments. As most molecular functions are performed by proteins and are conserved between related proteins, we can expect that organisms...

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Main Authors: Kyle Ellrott, Lukasz Jaroszewski, Weizhong Li, John C Wooley, Adam Godzik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2880560?pdf=render