Specificity and Selective Advantage of an Exclusion System in the Integrative and Conjugative Element ICE Bs1 of Bacillus subtilis

<jats:p>Horizontal gene transfer is a driving force in bacterial evolution, responsible for the spread of many traits, including antibiotic and heavy metal resistance. Conjugation, one type of horizontal gene transfer, involves DNA transfer from donor to recipient cells through conjugation mac...

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Main Authors: Davis, Kathleen P, Grossman, Alan D
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133988
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Summary:<jats:p>Horizontal gene transfer is a driving force in bacterial evolution, responsible for the spread of many traits, including antibiotic and heavy metal resistance. Conjugation, one type of horizontal gene transfer, involves DNA transfer from donor to recipient cells through conjugation machinery and direct cell-cell contact.</jats:p>