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Gene Transfer, Horizontal

Known as: Gene Transfers, Lateral, Horizontal Gene Transfer, Lateral Gene Transfers 
The naturally occurring transmission of genetic information between organisms, related or unrelated, circumventing parent-to-offspring transmission… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Survival of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Horizontal Gene Transfer Control Antibiotic Resistance Gene Content in Anaerobic Digesters
Understanding fate of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) vs. their antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) during wastewater sludge… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Acquisition of 1,000 eubacterial genes physiologically transformed a methanogen at the origin of Haloarchaea
Archaebacterial halophiles (Haloarchaea) are oxygen-respiring heterotrophs that derive from methanogens—strictly anaerobic… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Extensive recombination events and horizontal gene transfer shaped the Legionella pneumophila genomes
BackgroundLegionella pneumophila is an intracellular pathogen of environmental protozoa. When humans inhale contaminated aerosols… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
What antimicrobial resistance has taught us about horizontal gene transfer.
  • M. Barlow
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • 2009
  • Corpus ID: 21314128
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has been responsible for the dissemination of numerous antimicrobial-resistance determinants… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Horizontal Gene Transfer to Endogenous Endophytic Bacteria from Poplar Improves Phytoremediation of Toluene
ABSTRACT Poplar, a plant species frequently used for phytoremediation of groundwater contaminated with organic solvents, was… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Bap-dependent biofilm formation by pathogenic species of Staphylococcus: evidence of horizontal gene transfer?
The biofilm-associated protein (Bap) is a surface protein implicated in biofilm formation by Staphylococcus aureus isolated from… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Phylogenetic inference in Rafflesiales: the influence of rate heterogeneity and horizontal gene transfer
BackgroundThe phylogenetic relationships among the holoparasites of Rafflesiales have remained enigmatic for over a century… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Horizontal gene transfer in microbial genome evolution.
Horizontal gene transfer is the collective name for processes that permit the exchange of DNA among organisms of different… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Eukaryotic signalling domain homologues in archaea and bacteria. Ancient ancestry and horizontal gene transfer.
Phyletic distributions of eukaryotic signalling domains were studied using recently developed sensitive methods for protein… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Horizontal gene transfer from transgenic plants to terrestrial bacteria--a rare event?
Today, 12 years after the first field release of a genetically modified plant (GMP), over 15,000 field trials at different… 
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