Antagonistic evolution of an antibiotic and its molecular chaperone: how to maintain a vital ectosymbiosis in a highly fluctuating habitat
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01626-2
Abstract: Evolution of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) has been shown to be driven by recurrent duplications and balancing/positive selection in response to new or altered bacterial pathogens. We use Alvinella pompejana, the most eurythermal animal known on… read more here.
Keywords: chaperone; antagonistic evolution; vital ectosymbiosis; molecular chaperone ... See more keywords