Exploring the role of phage plasmids in gene transfers.
Trends Genet
; 40(7): 555-557, 2024 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Bacteriophages and plasmids drive horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria. Phage-plasmids (P-Ps) are hybrids of plasmid and phages. Pfeifer and Rocha recently demonstrated that P-Ps can serve as intermediates in gene exchanges between these two types of elements, identified categories of preferentially transferred genes, and reconstructed gene flows involving phage P1-like P-Ps.
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Plásmidos
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Bacteriófagos
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Transferencia de Gen Horizontal
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