A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Chromosomal Pathogenicity Islands Co-opt Phage Capsids to Facilitate Horizontal Spread.

Feaga, Heather A; Dworkin, Jonathan

Feaga, Heather A; Dworkin, Jonathan.

Afiliação

Feaga HA; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Dworkin J; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: jonathan.dworkin@columbia.edu.

Mol Cell ; 75(5): 889-890, 2019 09 05.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31491424

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Fillol-Salom et al. describe a mechanism by which an Escherichia coli pathogenicity island is preferentially packaged into a phage particle, thus promoting the spread of pathogenic traits among Gram-negative bacteria while protecting them from lytic infection.

Assuntos

Bacteriófagos/genética; Ilhas Genômicas; Capsídeo; Escherichia coli; Bactérias Gram-Negativas

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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Bacteriófagos / Ilhas Genômicas Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article

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