Mycobacteriophages as Incubators for Intein Dissemination and Evolution

ABSTRACT Inteins are self-splicing protein elements that are mobile at the DNA level and are sporadically distributed across microbial genomes. Inteins appear to be horizontally transferred, and it has been speculated that phages may play a role in intein distribution. Our attention turns to mycobac...

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Auteurs principaux: Danielle S. Kelley, Christopher W. Lennon, Marlene Belfort, Olga Novikova
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Langue:EN
Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/216301a419c34f67953474ae64a666fd
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