Exploring the role of phage plasmids in gene transfers

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 preferen...

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Published in:	Trends in genetics Vol. 40; no. 7; pp. 555 - 557
Main Authors:	Szczepankowska, Agnieszka K., Łobocka, Małgorzata
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2024
Subjects:	antibiotic resistance genes Bacteria - genetics Bacteria - virology Bacteriophages - genetics Gene Transfer, Horizontal - genetics horizontal gene transfer mobile genetic elements phage-plasmids Plasmids - genetics recombination events virulence factors mobile genetic elements recombination events antibiotic resistance genes horizontal gene transfer phage-plasmids virulence factors
ISSN:	0168-9525
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