Autoregulation ensures vertical transmission of the linear prophage GIL01

Abstract Betatectiviruses are prophages consisting of linear extrachromosomal genomes without obvious plasmid modules. It remains unclear how betatectiviruses are maintained in low-copy numbers in host cells and how they are vertically transmitted. Phage GIL01 is a model betatectivirus that infects...

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Main Authors: Anja Pavlin, Nadine Fornelos, Maja Popović, Neža Praček, Gregor Bajc, Margarita Salas, Matej Butala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07082-9