Gene transfer agents (GTAs) are unique, phage‐like particles produced by various Alphaproteobacteria that mediate the horizontal transfer of genetic material. Unlike conventional bacteriophages ...

Regardless, this study has indicated that horizontal gene transfer can promote a new function in an organism, genome biologists Julie Dunning Hotopp of the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s ...

"Our approach mimics the natural bacterial gene transfer process to directly liberate and amplify entire biosynthetic gene clusters within the native bacterial cell, granting access to previously ...

The only explanation for this degree of bacteria-vertebrate HGT was that it occurred in the germ line, which suggested the worrying possibility that bacterial infection or exposure to genetically ...

NHGRI Many animal genomes include bacterial and fungal genes acquired by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) during evolution, according to a study published today (March 12) in Genome Biology. Scanning ...

Jeongjoon Choi, Matias Schmukler, Eduardo A. Groisman, Degradation of gene silencer is essential for expression of foreign genes and bacterial colonization of the mammalian gut, Proceedings of the ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems. Now an interdisciplinary ...

Our approach mimics the natural bacterial gene transfer process to directly liberate and amplify entire biosynthetic gene clusters within the native bacterial cell, granting access to previously ...

Researchers have developed a powerful tool capable of scanning thousands of biological samples to detect transfer ribonucleic ...

As such, they are able to repeat this process over and over, which could eventually make them even more efficient than bacterial gene transfer. "Through the study, we have demonstrated that bacteria ...