Interplay between an integrative and conjugative element and its bacterial host
Horizontal gene transfer is the mechanism by which bacteria acquire new genes. Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are the primary drivers of horizontal gene transfer, introducing large fragments of DNA. Often, MGEs contain cargo genes beneficial to the host, conferring new traits such as antibiotic resi...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/144733 |