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Repeated loss of an anciently horizontally transferred gene cluster in <i>Botrytis</i>
1 Sept 2013
Abstract excerpt
At least five of the six genes of the bikaverin secondary metabolic gene cluster were shown to have undergone horizontal transfer (HGT) from a Fusarium donor to the Botrytis lineage. Of these five, two enzyme-encoding genes are found as pseudogenes in B. cinerea whereas two regulatory genes and the transporter remain intact. To reconstruct the evolutionary events leading to decay of this gene cluster and infer a...
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