Gene inversion potentiates bacterial evolvability and virulence
Head-on replication-transcription collisions occur within genes encoded on the lagging DNA strand. Here, the authors show that a large number of originally co-oriented (leading strand) genes have inverted to the head-on orientation, increasing both gene-specific mutation rates, and the overall evolv...
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/748c22c4a9c74affa497eacf1ecb4be1 |
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| Summary: | Head-on replication-transcription collisions occur within genes encoded on the lagging DNA strand. Here, the authors show that a large number of originally co-oriented (leading strand) genes have inverted to the head-on orientation, increasing both gene-specific mutation rates, and the overall evolvability of several bacterial pathogens. |
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