Recurrent horizontal transfer of arsenite methyltransferase genes facilitated adaptation of life to arsenic.

Chen SC, Sun GX, Rosen BP, Zhang SY, Deng Y, Zhu BK, Rensing C, Zhu YG. Recurrent horizontal transfer of arsenite methyltransferase genes facilitated adaptation of life to arsenic. Sci Rep. 2017 08 10; 7(1):7741.

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subject areas

Adaptation, Biological
Animals
Archaea
Arsenic
Bacteria
Eukaryota
Fungi
Gene Transfer, Horizontal
Methylation
Methyltransferases
Models, Biological
Phylogeny

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Barry Rosen

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