Evolution of cell-cell signaling in animals: did late horizontal gene transfer from bacteria have a role?

Trends Genet. 2004 Jul;20(7):292-9. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.05.007.

Authors

Lakshminarayan M Iyer¹, L Aravind, Steven L Coon, David C Klein, Eugene V Koonin

Affiliation

¹ National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.

PMID: 15219393
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2004.05.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacteria / genetics*
Bacteria / pathogenicity*
Bacteriophages / physiology*
Biological Evolution*
Cell Communication*
Gene Transfer, Horizontal / physiology*
Phylogeny
Second Messenger Systems / physiology*
Signal Transduction