A novel approach for predicting the evolutionary origin of acquisition of foreign genes in bacteria: application of codon usage analyses

This thesis is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Masters in Biotechnology .

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Autor principal: Khan, Md. Moazzem Hossain
Outros Autores: Hossain, Dr. Md. Anwar
Formato: Thesis
Idioma:English
Publicado em: BRAC University 2012
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spelling 10361-16442019-09-30T04:21:40Z A novel approach for predicting the evolutionary origin of acquisition of foreign genes in bacteria: application of codon usage analyses Khan, Md. Moazzem Hossain Hossain, Dr. Md. Anwar Department of Mathematical and Natural Science, BRAC University This thesis is submitted in a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Masters in Biotechnology . Cataloged from PDF version of thesis report. Includes bibliographical references (page 87-96). Lysogenic bacteriophages, are considered as a major player for the introduction of foreign genes into bacterial strains. At the time of introduction foreign genes do not fit well into the translation system of the recipient host bacterium as they tend to retain the characteristics of the donor bacteriophages from which it has been transferred. Consequently foreign genes are poorly transcribed at the early phase of their evolution within the host bacterium. This is largely due to the difference in the codon usage pattern between the horizontally transferred genes and the host bacterium. In this study we present detail analyses of various parameters of the codon usages such as codon adaptation index (CAI), mean difference (MD) of the relative adaptiveness, synonymous substitution rate (SSR) of six different phage encoded toxin genes (cholera toxin, shiga toxin, diphtheria toxin, neurotoxin C1, enterotoxin type A and cytotoxin) and proposed conceptual relationship between the evolutionary time of acquisition of the foreign genes and the selected set of parameters of the codon usage. On the basis of the observed data we hypothesize that CAI, MD and SSR of the phage encoded toxin genes are correlated with the evolutionary time of their acquisition and developed a novel approach based on the analyses of these parameters, that can be used to predict the evolutionary time of their acquisition by the corresponding host bacterium. Md. Moazzem Hossain Khan M. Biotechnology 2012-03-04T10:15:29Z 2012-03-04T10:15:29Z 2009 2009 Thesis ID 07276001 http://hdl.handle.net/10361/1644 en BRAC University thesis are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission 96 pages application/pdf BRAC University
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A novel approach for predicting the evolutionary origin of acquisition of foreign genes in bacteria: application of codon usage analyses
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title A novel approach for predicting the evolutionary origin of acquisition of foreign genes in bacteria: application of codon usage analyses
title_short A novel approach for predicting the evolutionary origin of acquisition of foreign genes in bacteria: application of codon usage analyses
title_full A novel approach for predicting the evolutionary origin of acquisition of foreign genes in bacteria: application of codon usage analyses
title_fullStr A novel approach for predicting the evolutionary origin of acquisition of foreign genes in bacteria: application of codon usage analyses
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