Positive Selection in F-Box Domain (lpp0233) Encoded in Legionella pneumophila Strains.

In this study, we examined the nonsynonymous/synonymous substitution rate of eukaryotic like domain encoding genes among L. pneumophila strains. In silico analysis revealed that the nonsynonymous/synonymous substitution rate in F-box domain gene (lpp0233) was higher than those in other eukaryotic like domain and protein encoding genes and housekeeping genes. The F-box domain gene sequences in L. pneumophila strains isolated from a natural hot spring were more diversified than those of previously known strains, owing to preferential positive selection. PMID: 29910209 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Biocontrol Science - Category: Microbiology Tags: Biocontrol Sci Source Type: research