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ReviewMicroorganisms2019

Mutation and Recombination Rates Vary Across Bacterial Chromosome.

Maia Kivisaar

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Review in Microorganisms, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Modeling the mosaic structure of bacterial genomes to infer their evolutionary history.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  4. Mutation bias and adaptation in bacteria.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Maia KivisaarChair of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, 23 Riia Street, 51010 Tartu, Estonia.

Funding

Eesti Teadusagentuur IUT20-19
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria evolve as a result of mutations and acquisition of foreign DNA by recombination processes. A growing body of evidence suggests that mutation and recombination rates are not constant across the bacterial chromosome. Bacterial chromosomal DNA is organized into a compact nucleoid structure which is established by binding of the nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) and other proteins. This review gives an overview of recent findings indicating that the mutagenic and recombination processes in bacteria vary at different chromosomal positions. Involvement of NAPs and other possible mechanisms in these regional differences are discussed. Variations in mutation and recombination rates across the bacterial chromosome may have implications in the evolution of bacteria.

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bacterial chromosome structureevolutionhomologous recombinationmutation accumulationmutation ratenucleoid-associated proteins

Identifiers

PMID31877811
PMCPMC7023495

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