Is the bacterial chromosome a mobile genetic element?
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34737310.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-021-26758-y and PMC identifier 8568949.
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Abstract
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?
Medical subject headings
- Chromosomes, Bacterial
- Interspersed Repetitive Sequences