The Species-specific Acquisition and Diversification of a Novel Family of Killer Toxins in Budding Yeasts of the Saccharomycotina.
Lance R. Fredericks, Mark D. Lee, Angela Crabtree, Josephine M. Boyer, Emily A. Kizer, Nathan T. Taggart, Cooper R. Roslund, Samuel S. Hunter, Courtney B. Kennedy, Cody G. Willmore, Nova M. Tebbe, Jade S. Harris, Sarah N. Brocke, Paul Andrew Rowley
The paper identifies a novel family of killer toxins in Saccharomyces yeasts, showing their acquisition via horizontal gene transfer and diversification through positive selection and gene amplification.
PLoS Genetics · Feb 4, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics