Codon usage and lateral gene transfer in Bacillus subtilis.

Current opinion in microbiology ·Vol. 2 ·No. 5 ·1999-10-00 ·Pages 524-8

Moszer I, Rocha EP, Danchin A

Abstract

Bacillus subtilis possesses three classes of genes, differing by their codon preference. One class corresponds to prophages or prophage-like elements, indicative of the existence of systematic lateral gene transfer in this organism. The nature of the selection pressure that operates on codon bias is beginning to be understood.

MeSH Terms

Bacillus subtilis/genetics Codon/genetics Gene Transfer Techniques Genes, Bacterial RNA, Bacterial/genetics,metabolism RNA, Transfer/genetics,metabolism Transformation, Bacterial

Chemicals

Codon RNA, Bacterial RNA, Transfer

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Moszer I

Unité de Régulation de l'Expression Génétique Institut Pasteur 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris, Cedex 15, France.

Rocha E P

Danchin A

Article Info

Journal

Current opinion in microbiology

Abbr.

Curr Opin Microbiol

ISSN

1369-5274

DOI

10.1016/s1369-5274(99)00011-9

Published

1999-10-00

Pages

524-8

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

9815056

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5274(99)00011-9 View journal details

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