Transferred interbacterial antagonism genes augment eukaryotic innate immune function

Seemay Chou, Matthew D. Daugherty, S. Brook Peterson, Jacob Biboy, Youyun Yang, Brandon L. Jutras, Lillian K. Fritz-Laylin, Michael A. Ferrin, Brittany N. Harding, Christine Jacobs-Wagner, X. Frank Yang, Waldemar Vollmer, Harmit S. Malik and Joseph D. Mougous ()
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Seemay Chou: University of Washington School of Medicine
Matthew D. Daugherty: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
S. Brook Peterson: University of Washington School of Medicine
Jacob Biboy: Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK
Youyun Yang: Indiana University School of Medicine
Brandon L. Jutras: Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University
Lillian K. Fritz-Laylin: University of California
Michael A. Ferrin: University of Washington School of Medicine
Brittany N. Harding: University of Washington School of Medicine
Christine Jacobs-Wagner: Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University
X. Frank Yang: Indiana University School of Medicine
Waldemar Vollmer: Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AX, UK
Harmit S. Malik: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Joseph D. Mougous: University of Washington School of Medicine

Nature, 2015, vol. 518, issue 7537, 98-101

Abstract: Documented cases of horizontal gene transfer from bacteria to eukaryotes are rare, but now, not only is a new class of transferred genes identified, the function of one representative is also demonstrated in its new setting, where it controls bacterial growth.

Date: 2015
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