Evidence for horizontal gene transfer as origin of putrescine production in Oenococcus oeni RM83.
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SUBMITTER: Marcobal A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1694244 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Dec
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Evidence for horizontal gene transfer as origin of putrescine production in Oenococcus oeni RM83.
Marcobal Angela A de las Rivas Blanca B Moreno-Arribas M Victoria MV Muñoz Rosario R
Applied and environmental microbiology 20061020 12
The nucleotide sequence of a 17.2-kb chromosomal DNA fragment containing the odc gene encoding ornithine decarboxylase has been determined in the putrescine producer Oenococcus oeni RM83. This DNA fragment contains 13 open reading frames, including genes coding for five transposases and two phage proteins. This description might represent the first evidence of a horizontal gene transfer event as the origin of a biogenic amine biosynthetic locus. ...[more]
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