Evolution of DNA Polymerase Families: Evidences for Multiple Gene Exchange Between Cellular and Viral Proteins

2002/06/01 by Jonathan Filée, Patrick Forterre, Tang Sen-Lin +1 · 249 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Bacteriophages and microbial interactions #Biology #DNA #DNA polymerase #DNA polymerase II #DNA replication #Gene #Genetics #Genome #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Horizontal gene transfer #Plant Virus Research Studies #Plasmid #Polymerase #Polymerase chain reaction #Reverse transcriptase

paper · doi:10.1007/s00239-001-0078-x

published in Journal of Molecular Evolution 54(6), 763-773 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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