H-NS Facilitates Sequence Diversification of Horizontally Transferred DNAs during Their Integration in Host Chromosomes

Koichi Higashi; Toru Tobe; Akinori Kanai; Ebru Uyar; Shu Ishikawa; Yutaka Suzuki; Naotake Ogasawara; Ken Kurokawa; Taku Oshima

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005796

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H-NS Facilitates Sequence Diversification of Horizontally Transferred DNAs during Their Integration in Host Chromosomes

Koichi Higashi,

Affiliation Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Toru Tobe ,

* E-mail: torutobe@sahs.med.osaka-u.ac.jp (TT); ken@bio.titech.ac.jp (KK); taku@bs.naist.jp (TO)

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Akinori Kanai,

Current address: Department of Molecular Oncology and Leukemia Program Project, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Affiliation Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan
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Ebru Uyar,

Current address: Faculty of Science, Biology Department, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Turkey

Affiliation Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
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Shu Ishikawa,

Affiliation Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
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Yutaka Suzuki,

Affiliation Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, Japan
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Naotake Ogasawara,

Affiliation Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
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Ken Kurokawa ,

* E-mail: torutobe@sahs.med.osaka-u.ac.jp (TT); ken@bio.titech.ac.jp (KK); taku@bs.naist.jp (TO)

Affiliations Department of Biological Information, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Taku Oshima

* E-mail: torutobe@sahs.med.osaka-u.ac.jp (TT); ken@bio.titech.ac.jp (KK); taku@bs.naist.jp (TO)

Affiliation Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan
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H-NS Facilitates Sequence Diversification of Horizontally Transferred DNAs during Their Integration in Host Chromosomes

Koichi Higashi,
Toru Tobe,
Akinori Kanai,
Ebru Uyar,
Shu Ishikawa,
Yutaka Suzuki,
Naotake Ogasawara,
Ken Kurokawa,
Taku Oshima

Published: January 20, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005796

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