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Phylogenetic relationships in S. avermitilis
The modular architecture of type I polyketide synthases allows for truly natural biocombinatorics: creating new compounds very efficiently by recombination of gene segments. Shown here are the phylogenetic relationships of different domain types encoded in the genome of the actinobacterium Streptomyces avermitilis depicting an evolutionary history of extensive recombinational replacements (see Jenke-Kodama et al).
Image Credit: Illustration by Holger Jenke-Kodama
Citation: (2006) PLoS Computational Biology Issue Image | Vol. 2(10) October 2006. PLoS Comput Biol 2(10): ev02.i10. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pcbi.v02.i10
Published: October 27, 2006
Copyright: © 2006 Jenke-Kodama et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
The modular architecture of type I polyketide synthases allows for truly natural biocombinatorics: creating new compounds very efficiently by recombination of gene segments. Shown here are the phylogenetic relationships of different domain types encoded in the genome of the actinobacterium Streptomyces avermitilis depicting an evolutionary history of extensive recombinational replacements (see Jenke-Kodama et al).
Image Credit: Illustration by Holger Jenke-Kodama