On the Evolution of Chromosomal Regions with High Gene Strand Bias in Bacteria
J. Tomasch, K. Kopejtka, S. Shivaramu, I. Mujakic, M. Koblizek
The paper identifies a conserved high gene strand bias region in Gemmatimonadota chromosomes, suggests its evolutionary origin through horizontal gene transfer, and links it to reduced replication-transcription conflicts.
bioRxiv · Feb 28, 2024Microbiology