Transposon molecular domestication and the evolution of the RAG recombinase

Yuhang Zhang (1) , Tat Cheung Cheng (2) , Guangrui Huang (3) , Qingyi Lu (3) , Marius Surleac (4) , Jeffrey Mandell (1) , Pierre Pontarotti (5, 6) , Andrei Petrescu (4) , Anlong Xu (3) , Yong Xiong (2) , David Schatz (1)

1 YSM - Yale School of Medicine [New Haven, Connecticut]
2 Yale University [New Haven]
3 Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
4 Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy
5 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
6 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Parasitology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Cardiology and cardiovascular system; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Emerging diseases; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Yuhang Zhang, Tat Cheung Cheng, Guangrui Huang, Qingyi Lu, Marius Surleac, et al.. Transposon molecular domestication and the evolution of the RAG recombinase. Nature, 2019, 569 (7754), pp.79-84. ⟨10.1038/s41586-019-1093-7⟩. ⟨hal-02262562⟩