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Eukaryotic domestication of a TIR bacterial immune protein following horizontal transfer
Edward M. Culbertson, Emily Cruz-Lorenzo, Jocelyn Leon Padilla…·Tera C. Levin
This study identifies a horizontal transfer of a bacterial TIR immune protein to amoebae, showing how it was domesticated into eukaryotic physiology through functional adaptation.
DOI 10.64898/2026.04.30.722052