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Chao-Chin Chang
Researcher at National Chung Hsing University
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Citations - 100
Chao-Chin Chang is an academic researcher from National Chung Hsing University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Molecular evolution & Evolvability. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 90 citations.
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Parallel Evolution of a Type IV Secretion System in Radiating Lineages of the Host-Restricted Bacterial Pathogen Bartonella
Philipp Engel,Walter Salzburger,Marius Liesch,Chao-Chin Chang,Soichi Maruyama,Christa Lanz,Alexandra Calteau,Aurélie Lajus,Claudine Médigue,Stephan C. Schuster,Christoph Dehio +10 more
TL;DR: The parallel molecular evolution of the VirB/Bep system displays a striking example of a key innovation involved in independent adaptive processes and the emergence of bacterial pathogens, highlighting the remarkable evolvability of T4SSs and their effector proteins, explaining their broad application in bacterial interactions with the environment.