Open AccessTiny Hidden Genes within Our Microbiome
Author(s) -
Karin Mittelman,
David Burstein
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2019.07.039
Subject(s) - biology , microbiome , gene , computational biology , genetics , evolutionary biology
Exploration of tiny protein-coding sequences within the human microbiome reveals thousands of conserved gene families that have been overlooked by traditional analyses. These small proteins may play key roles in the crosstalk among bacteria within the microbiome and in interactions with their human hosts.
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