Niayesh Shahmohammadi

Drift, selection and recombination bias drive the evolution of a non-ribosomal peptide

Abstract Non-ribosomal peptides play important roles in microbial ecology and medicine, for example as toxins and antibiotics such as penicillin. Like ordinary proteins, non-ribosomal peptides are subject to evolutionary change, which is driven by rampant recombinations of their...