Recruitment of Mobile Genetic Elements for Diverse Cellular Functions in Prokaryotes
Prokaryotic genomes are replete with mobile genetic elements (MGE) that span a continuum of replication autonomy. On numerous occasions during microbial evolution, diverse MGE lose their autonomy altogether but, rather than being quickly purged from the host genome, assume a new function that benefi...
Main Authors: | Sean Benler, Eugene V. Koonin |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2022.821197/full |
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