Transposons are critical drivers of bacterial ... While most bacterial DNA is in the form of plasmids, there are some that have linear DNA that contain telomeres. Though the presence of telomeres ...

Mobile DNA elements, such as Insertion Sequence (IS) elements, transposons, integrative elements (e.g. integrative islands), ...

Bacterial genetics is the study of the mechanisms of heritable information in bacteria, their chromosomes, plasmids, transposons and phages. Techniques that have enabled this discipline are ...

Transposons, or "jumping genes" – DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another – are key to bacterial evolution and the development of antibiotic resistance. Cornell ...

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the movement of genetic material from one organism to another. In this article, we will ...

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions. By Gina Kolata Researchers have corrected a disease ...

† Resistance genes could only be identified in 13 clones. ‡ Library from [22] used. § Phage metagenomic library. ¶ Two of three resistant clones were assumed to be from the same region due ...