Selection for Translational Efficiency in Genes Associated with Alphaproteobacterial Gene Transfer Agents
ABSTRACT Gene transfer agents (GTAs) are virus-like elements that are encoded by some bacterial and archaeal genomes. The production of GTAs can be induced by carbon depletion and results in host lysis and the release of virus-like particles that contain mostly random fragments of the host DNA. The...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2022-12-01
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| Series: | mSystems |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00892-22 |