Exploring the role of phage plasmids in gene transfers

Trends Genet. 2024 Apr 29:S0168-9525(24)00098-2. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.04.011. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTBacteriophages and plasmids drive horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria. Phage-plasmids (P-Ps) are hybrids of plasmid and phages. Pfeifer and Rocha recently demonstrated that P-Ps can serve as intermediates in gene exchanges between these two types of elements, identified categories of preferentially transferred genes, and reconstructed gene flows involving phage P1-like P-Ps.PMID:38688811 | DOI:10.1016/j.tig.2024.04.011

Source: Trends in Genetics : TIG - April 30, 2024 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Agnieszka K Szczepankowska Ma łgorzata Łobocka Source Type: research