| Chapter title |
Beyond Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation: Horizontal Gene Transfer from Bacteria to Eukaryotes
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 82 |
| Book title |
Agrobacterium Biology
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| Published in |
Current topics in microbiology and immunology, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/82_2018_82 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-03-003256-2, 978-3-03-003257-9
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| Authors |
Benoît Lacroix, Vitaly Citovsky, Lacroix, Benoît, Citovsky, Vitaly |
| Abstract |
Besides the massive gene transfer from organelles to the nuclear genomes, which occurred during the early evolution of eukaryote lineages, the importance of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in eukaryotes remains controversial. Yet, increasing amounts of genomic data reveal many cases of bacterium-to-eukaryote HGT that likely represent a significant force in adaptive evolution of eukaryotic species. However, DNA transfer involved in genetic transformation of plants by Agrobacterium species has traditionally been considered as the unique example of natural DNA transfer and integration into eukaryotic genomes. Recent discoveries indicate that the repertoire of donor bacterial species and of recipient eukaryotic hosts potentially are much wider than previously thought, including donor bacterial species, such as plant symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria (e.g., Rhizobium etli) and animal bacterial pathogens (e.g., Bartonella henselae, Helicobacter pylori), and recipient species from virtually all eukaryotic clades. Here, we review the molecular pathways and potential mechanisms of these trans-kingdom HGT events and discuss their utilization in biotechnology and research. |
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