Gene Transfers Between Distantly Related Organisms

Phylogenetic Classification and the Universal Tree

1999 • 1,872 citations

The complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic, sulphate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus

1997 • 1,417 citations

Horizontal gene transfer among genomes: The complexity hypothesis

1999 • 1,173 citations

The universal ancestor

1998 • 1,033 citations

Amelioration of Bacterial Genomes: Rates of Change and Exchange

1997 • 848 citations

Selfish Operons: Horizontal Transfer May Drive the Evolution of Gene Clusters

1996 • 686 citations

Interpreting the universal phylogenetic tree

2000 • 643 citations

Determining Divergence Times of the Major Kingdoms of Living Organisms with a Protein Clock

1996 • 584 citations

Measuring genome evolution

1998 • 449 citations

Determining divergence times with a protein clock: Update and reevaluation

1997 • 414 citations

Evolution by acquisition: the case for horizontal gene transfers

1992 • 325 citations

Lineage-specific loss and divergence of functionally linked genes in eukaryotes

2000 • 291 citations

Beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthetic genes have been conserved in clusters in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

1990 • 179 citations

Evolution of the Glx-tRNA synthetase family: the glutaminyl enzyme as a case of horizontal gene transfer.

1994 • 139 citations

Pathogenicity islands and the evolution of bacterial pathogens.

1996 • 136 citations

Evidence for the bacterial origin of genes encoding fermentation enzymes of the amitochondriate protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica

1997 • 106 citations

Evidence of recent lateral gene transfer among hyperthermophilic Archaea

2000 • 104 citations

Cloning, DNA sequencing, and characterization of a nifD-homologous gene from the archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri 227 which resembles nifD1 from the eubacterium Clostridium pasteurianum

1994 • 77 citations

A dissimilatory sirohaem-sulfite-reductase-type protein from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum islandicum

1998 • 70 citations

Sequences of isopenicillin N synthetase genes suggest horizontal gene transfer from prokaryotes to eukaryotes

1990 • 68 citations

A glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase with eubacterial features in the amitochondriate eukaryote, Trichomonas vaginalis

1993 • 58 citations

Cloning, Expression, and Substrate Specificity of a Fungal Chymotrypsin

2000 • 55 citations

The Pyrophosphate-Dependent Phosphofructokinase of the Protist, Trichomonas vaginalis, and the Evolutionary Relationships of Protist Phosphofructokinases

1998 • 53 citations

Searching for the common ancestor

2000 • 45 citations

Phylogenetic analysis of the isopenicillin-N-synthetase horizontal gene transfer

1996 • 34 citations

Transkingdom transfer of the phosphoglucose isomerase gene

1996 • 30 citations

An Attempt to Pinpoint the Phylogenetic Introduction of Glutaminyl-tRNA Synthetase Among Bacteria

1999 • 27 citations

Horizontal Gene Transfer

2013 • 10 citations