Horizontally transferred genes in the genome of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, as the development of next-generation sequencing technology, a growing number of genes have been reported as being horizontally transferred from prokaryotes to eukaryotes, most of them involving arthropods. As a member of the phylum Arthropoda, the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei has to adapt to the complex water environments with various symbiotic or parasitic microorganisms, which provide a platform for horizontal gene transfer (HGT).

Results

In this study, we analyzed the genome-wide HGT events in L. vannamei. Through homology search and phylogenetic analysis, followed by experimental PCR confirmation, 14 genes with HGT event were identified: 12 of them were transferred from bacteria and two from fungi. Structure analysis of these gen

SUBMITTER: Yuan JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3750580 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature