Bacterial and fungal chitinase <it>chiJ</it> orthologs evolve under different selective constraints following horizontal gene transfer

Bacterial and fungal chitinase <it>chiJ</it> orthologs evolve under different selective constraints following horizontal gene transfer

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Certain bacteria from the genus <it>Streptomyces</it> are currently used as biological control agents against plant pathogenic fungi. Hydrolytic enzymes that degrade fungal cell wall components, such as chitinases, are su...

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Main Authors: Ubhayasekera Wimal, Karlsson Magnus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
Chitinase
Functional divergence
Homology modelling
Horizontal gene transfer
<it>Hypocrea</it>
Protein evolution
<it>Streptomyces</it>
<it>Trichoderma</it>
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