Formation of chimeric genes with essential functions at the origin of eukaryotes.
Raphaël MéheustDebashish BhattacharyaJananan S PathmanathanJames O McInerneyPhilippe LopezEric BaptestePublished in: BMC biology (2018)
This study demonstrates the extent and process through which prokaryotic fragments from bacterial and archaeal genes inherited during eukaryogenesis underly the creation of novel chimeric genes with important functions.