Mobile genes in the human microbiome are structured from global to individual scales

Mobile genes in the human microbiome are structured from global to individual scales

Recent work has underscored the importance of the microbiome in human health, and has largely attributed differences in phenotype to differences in the species present among individuals. However, mobile genes can confer profoundly different phenotypes on different strains of the same species. Little...

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Main Authors: Yilmaz, S. (Author), Huang, K. (Author), Xu, L. (Author), Jupiter, S. D. (Author), Jenkins, A. P. (Author), Naisilisili, W. (Author), Tamminen, M. (Author), Wortman, J. R. (Author), Birren, B. W. (Author), Blainey, P. C. (Author), Singh, A. K. (Author), Gevers, D. (Author), Brito, Ilana Lauren (Contributor), Smillie, Chris S (Contributor), Alm, Eric J (Contributor), Xavier, Ramnik Joseph (Contributor)
Other Authors: Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2017-02-02T18:07:28Z.
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