Cell evolution: Gene transfer agents and the origin of mitochondria

Thomas A. Richards; John M. Archibald

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Cell evolution: Gene transfer agents and the origin of mitochondria

Thomas A. Richards, John M. Archibald

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Abstract

Recently, α-proteobacteria have been shown to possess virus-like gene transfer agents that facilitate high frequency gene transfer in natural environments between distantly related lineages. This system could have driven the genomic integration of the mitochondrial progenitor and its proto-eukaryote host and contributed to the evolutionary mosaic of genes seen in modern-day prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R112-R114
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2010.12.036
Publication status	Published - Feb 8 2011

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General Neuroscience
General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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