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Title: Histone-organized chromatin in bacteria

Authors: Antoine Hocher, Shawn P. Laursen, Paul Radford, Jess Tyson, Carey Lambert, Kathryn M Stevens, Mathieu Picardeau, R. Elizabeth Sockett, Karolin Luger, Tobias Warnecke

Citation: Hocher, A., Laursen, S. P., Radford, P., Tyson, J., Lambert, C., Stevens, K. M., Picardeau, M., Elizabeth Sockett, R., Luger, K., & Warnecke, T. (2023). Histone-organized chromatin in bacteria. In bioRxiv (p. 2023.01.26.525422). https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.26.525422

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Title: Comparative Genomic Evidence for a Complete Nuclear Pore Complex in the Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor

Authors: Nadja Neumann, Daniel Lundin, Anthony M. Poole

Citation: Neumann, N., Lundin, D., & Poole, A. M. (2010). Comparative genomic evidence for a complete nuclear pore complex in the last eukaryotic common ancestor. PloS One, 5(10), e13241.

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Title: Origin of the nucleus and Ran-dependent transport to safeguard ribosome biogenesis in a chimeric cell

Authors: Gáspár Jékely

Citation: Jékely, G. (2008). Origin of the nucleus and Ran-dependent transport to safeguard ribosome biogenesis in a chimeric cell. Biology Direct, 3, 31.

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Title: A modified fluctuation assay reveals a natural mutator phenotype that drives mutation spectrum variation within Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Authors: Pengyao Jiang, Anja R Ollodart, Vidha Sudhesh, Alan J Herr, Maitreya J Dunham, Kelley Harris

Citation: Jiang, P., Ollodart, A. R., Sudhesh, V., Herr, A. J., Dunham, M. J., & Harris, K. (2021). A modified fluctuation assay reveals a natural mutator phenotype that drives mutation spectrum variation within Saccharomyces cerevisiae. eLife, 10. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.68285.

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Title: Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Energy Limited Microorganisms

Authors: William R. Shoemaker, Evgeniya Polezhaeva, Kenzie B. Givens, and Jay T. Lennon

Citation: Shoemaker, W. R., Polezhaeva, E., Givens, K. B., & Lennon, J. T. (2021). Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics of Energy Limited Microorganisms. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(10), 4532–4545.

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Title: The diversity of Shine-Dalgarno sequences sheds light on the evolution of translation initiation

Authors: Jin-Der Wen, Syue-Ting Kuo, and Hsin-Hung David Chou.

Citation: Wen, J.-D., Kuo, S.-T., & Chou, H.-H. D. (2021). The diversity of Shine-Dalgarno sequences sheds light on the evolution of translation initiation. RNA Biology, 18(11), 1489–1500.

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Title: Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont

Authors: Taras Y. Nechitaylo, Mario Sandoval-Calderónb\, Tobias Engl, Natalie Wielsch, Diane M. Dunne, Alexander Goesmann, Erhard Strohm, Aleš Svatoš, Colin Dale, Robert B. Weiss, and Martin Kaltenpoth

Citation: Nechitaylo, T. Y., Sandoval-Calderón, M., Engl, T., Wielsch, N., Dunn, D. M., Goesmann, A., Strohm, E., Svatoš, A., Dale, C., Weiss, R. B., & Kaltenpoth, M. (2021). Incipient genome erosion and metabolic streamlining for antibiotic production in a defensive symbiont. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(17). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023047118

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defensive symbiosis|protective mutualism|genome erosion|pseudogenization|Streptomyces

Title: Pervasive translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Authors: Carol Smith, Jill G Canestrari, Archer J Wang, Matthew M Champion, Keith M Derbyshire, Todd A Gray, Joseph T Wade.

Citation: Smith, C., Canestrari, J. G., Wang, A. J., Champion, M. M., Derbyshire, K. M., Gray, T. A., & Wade, J. T. (2022). Pervasive translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. eLife, 11. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.73980

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