Is the bacterial chromosome a mobile genetic element?

Autor: James P. J. Hall
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26758-y
Popis: An outcome of phage infection, lateral transduction, has been shown to mobilize chromosomal genes between bacterial cells at rates that exceed those of mobile genetic elements such as plasmids. Does this mean that the bacterial chromosome should be considered a mobile genetic element?
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