Evolutionary BiologyMolecular Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Functional and evolutionary integration of a fungal gene with a bacterial operon
Liang Sun, Kyle T. David, John F. Wolters…·Chris Todd Hittinger
The paper shows that the fungal gene ENB1, acquired from a bacterial operon, enables iron uptake in W/S clade yeasts and evolved through horizontal transfer and gene loss.