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A genomic timescale of prokaryote evolution: insights into the origin of methanogenesis, phototrophy, and the colonization of land

Fabia U Battistuzzi, Andreia Feijao and S Blair Hedges*

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2004, 4:44 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-4-44

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Francisella RNA polymerase contains a heterodimer of non-identical α subunits

Damir Mukhamedyarov, Kira S Makarova, Konstantin Severinov, Konstantin Kuznedelov BMC Molecular Biology 2011, 12:50 (22 November 2011)

Unlike all other known bacterial genera, Francisella possesses two rpoA genes, encoding two non-identical alpha subunits of the RNA polymerase, and both subunits must be present in the same enzyme to ensure robust transcription activity.

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Inferring clocks when lacking rocks: the variable rates of molecular evolution in bacteria

Chih-Horng Kuo, Howard Ochman Biology Direct 2009, 4:35 (29 September 2009)

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On the origin of life in the Zinc world. 2. Validation of the hypothesis on the photosynthesizing zinc sulfide edifices as cradles of life on Earth

Armen Y Mulkidjanian, Michael Y Galperin Biology Direct 2009, 4:27 (24 August 2009)

The relatively high zinc content of living cells and its role as cofactor in many key enzymes and RNA structures might reflect the origin of life in zinc-rich environments.

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Diversity and transcription of proteases involved in the maturation of hydrogenases in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133 and Nostoc sp. strain PCC 7120

Ellenor Devine, Marie Holmqvist, Karin Stensjö, Peter Lindblad BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:53 (11 March 2009)

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The constancy of gene conservation across divergent bacterial orders

Olin K Silander, Martin Ackermann BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:2 (7 January 2009)

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Factors affecting the concordance between orthologous gene trees and species tree in bacteria

Santiago Castillo-Ramírez, Víctor González BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:300 (30 October 2008)

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Accounting for horizontal gene transfers explains conflicting hypotheses regarding the position of aquificales in the phylogeny of Bacteria

Bastien Boussau, Laurent Guéguen, Manolo Gouy BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:272 (3 October 2008)

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Chlamydial genes shed light on the evolution of photoautotrophic eukaryotes

Burkhard Becker, Kerstin Hoef-Emden, Michael Melkonian BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:203 (15 July 2008)

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A systems approach to model natural variation in reactive properties of bacterial ribosomes

Julius H Jackson, Thomas M Schmidt, Patricia A Herring BMC Systems Biology 2008, 2:62 (13 July 2008)

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The Last Universal Common Ancestor: emergence, constitution and genetic legacy of an elusive forerunner

Nicolas Glansdorff, Ying Xu, Bernard Labedan Biology Direct 2008, 3:29 (9 July 2008)

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The Last Universal Common Ancestor developed in a protoeukaryotic, promiscuous and genetically redundant community of cells with a broad, moderate thermal profile and an RNA genome enclosed in a protonucleus.

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Comparative genomics of Bacillus thuringiensis phage 0305φ8-36: defining patterns of descent in a novel ancient phage lineage

Stephen C Hardies, Julie A Thomas, Philip Serwer Virology Journal 2007, 4:97 (5 October 2007)

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Formation of functional Tat translocases from heterologous components

Matthew G Hicks, David Guymer, Grant Buchanan, David A Widdick, Isabelle Caldelari, Ben C Berks, Tracy Palmer BMC Microbiology 2006, 6:64 (19 July 2006)

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Automatic selection of representative proteins for bacterial phylogeny

Marshall Bern, David Goldberg BMC Evolutionary Biology 2005, 5:34 (31 May 2005)