SOME GENES ARE SUSCEPTIBLE to lateral gene transfer, others less so: “informational genes including 16S rDNA are particularly resistant to LGT, and cell wall and cell division proteins tend to be inherited vertically. Integral components of the ribosome show a strong tendency toward vertical descent…aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, which interact at a single common site on the exterior of the ribosome, frequently show evidence of LGT.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022