Evolution and origin of sliding clamp in bacteria, archaea and eukarya
Sandesh Acharya, Amol Dahal, Hitesh Kumar Bhattarai
The paper identifies sequence homology between bacterial beta clamps and eukaryotic PCNA, suggesting a common ancestor and using phylogenetic analysis to show vertical inheritance and horizontal gene transfer of sliding clamps.
PLoS ONE · Aug 11, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology