Transient Hypermutagenesis Accelerates the Evolution of Legume Endosymbionts following Horizontal Gene Transfer

Philippe Remigi; Delphine Capela; Camille Clerissi; Léna Tasse; Rachel Torchet; Olivier Bouchez; Jacques Batut; Stéphane Cruveiller; Eduardo P. C. Rocha; Catherine Masson-Boivin

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001942

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Transient Hypermutagenesis Accelerates the Evolution of Legume Endosymbionts following Horizontal Gene Transfer

Philippe Remigi,

Current address: New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand

Affiliations INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, Castanet-Tolosan, France, CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Delphine Capela,

Affiliations INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, Castanet-Tolosan, France, CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Camille Clerissi,

Affiliations INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, Castanet-Tolosan, France, CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Léna Tasse,

Affiliations INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, Castanet-Tolosan, France, CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Rachel Torchet,

Affiliation CNRS-UMR 8030 and Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique CEA/DSV/IG/Genoscope LABGeM, Evry, France
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Olivier Bouchez,

Affiliations INRA, UMR1388 Génétique, Physiologie et Systèmes d'Elevage, Castanet-Tolosan, France, GeT-PlaGe, Genotoul, INRA Auzeville, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Jacques Batut,

Affiliations INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, Castanet-Tolosan, France, CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Stéphane Cruveiller,

Affiliation CNRS-UMR 8030 and Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique CEA/DSV/IG/Genoscope LABGeM, Evry, France
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Eduardo P. C. Rocha,

Affiliations CNRS UMR3525, Paris, France, Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Catherine Masson-Boivin

* E-mail: catherine.masson@toulouse.inra.fr

Affiliations INRA, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR441, Castanet-Tolosan, France, CNRS, Laboratoire des Interactions Plantes-Microorganismes (LIPM), UMR2594, Castanet-Tolosan, France
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Transient Hypermutagenesis Accelerates the Evolution of Legume Endosymbionts following Horizontal Gene Transfer

Philippe Remigi,
Delphine Capela,
Camille Clerissi,
Léna Tasse,
Rachel Torchet,
Olivier Bouchez,
Jacques Batut,
Stéphane Cruveiller,
Eduardo P. C. Rocha,
Catherine Masson-Boivin

Published: September 2, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001942

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