Negative feedback and transcriptional overshooting in a regulatory network for horizontal gene transfer.

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major force driving bacterial evolution. Because of their ability to cross inter-species barriers, bacterial plasmids are essential agents for HGT. This ability, however, poses specific requisites on plasmid physiology, in particular the need to overcome a multile...

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Main Authors: Raul Fernandez-Lopez, Irene Del Campo, Carlos Revilla, Ana Cuevas, Fernando de la Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-02-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3937220?pdf=render