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This work was supported by a grant from the DOE Genomics:GTL program (DE-AC03-76SF00098).

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Morgan N. Price & Adam P. Arkin

  2. Virtual Institute for Microbial Stress and Survival, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Morgan N. Price, Eric J. Alm & Adam P. Arkin

  3. Department of Bioengineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Adam P. Arkin

  4. Howard Hughes Medical Institute of Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Adam P. Arkin

  5. Departments of Biological Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Techonology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Eric J. Alm

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Techonology, Bldg 48-317, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Eric J. Alm

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Price, M.N., Alm, E.J. & Arkin, A.P. The Histidine Operon Is Ancient. J Mol Evol 62, 807–808 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-005-0191-3

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