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@article{perez2008, abstract = {When a bacterial species survives under changing environmental circumstances (e.g. salinity or temperature), its proteins might not function in all physicochemical conditions. We propose that prokaryotes cope with this problem by having two or more copies of the genes affected by environmental fluctuations, each one performing the same function under different conditions (i.e. ecoparalog). We identify potential examples in the bacterium Salinibacter ruber and in other species that experience wide environmental variations.}, author = {Sanchez-Perez, Gabino and Mira, Alex and Nyiro, G\'{a}bor and Pasi\'{c}, Lejla and Rodriguez-Valera, Francisco}, citeulike-article-id = {2988848}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2008.01.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18325625}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18325625}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TCY-4S08YDG-2/1/b7af55318c0112f46d3fa9e46ba1a4b6}, doi = {10.1016/j.tig.2008.01.002}, issn = {0168-9525}, journal = {Trends in genetics : TIG}, keywords = {environment, gene-duplication, mdb-thesis, nutrient-limitation, paralogs}, month = {April}, number = {4}, pages = {154--158}, posted-at = {2009-02-03 15:23:18}, priority = {0}, title = {Adapting to environmental changes using specialized paralogs.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2008.01.002}, volume = {24}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - perez2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2988848 N2 - When a bacterial species survives under changing environmental circumstances (e.g. salinity or temperature), its proteins might not function in all physicochemical conditions. We propose that prokaryotes cope with this problem by having two or more copies of the genes affected by environmental fluctuations, each one performing the same function under different conditions (i.e. ecoparalog). We identify potential examples in the bacterium Salinibacter ruber and in other species that experience wide environmental variations. IS - 4 JF - Trends in genetics : TIG SN - 0168-9525 EP - 158 TI - Adapting to environmental changes using specialized paralogs. VL - 24 SP - 154 KW - environment KW - gene-duplication KW - mdb-thesis KW - nutrient-limitation KW - paralogs AU - Sanchez-Perez, Gabino AU - Mira, Alex AU - Nyiro, Gábor AU - Pasić, Lejla AU - Rodriguez-Valera, Francisco PY - 2008/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2008.01.002 ER -