ArticleVirus evolution2021
Evolution of DNA packaging in gene transfer agents.
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- Control of a gene transfer agent cluster in Caulobacter crescentus by transcriptional activation and anti-termination.Nature communications · 2024Article
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- Cellular differentiation into hyphae and spores in halophilic archaea.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Viriforms-A New Category of Classifiable Virus-Derived Genetic Elements.Biomolecules · 2023Article
- Marine viral particles reveal an expansive repertoire of phage-parasitizing mobile elements.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
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Abstract
Gene transfer agents (GTAs) are virus-like particles encoded and produced by many bacteria and archaea. Unlike viruses, GTAs package fragments of the host genome instead of the genes that encode the components of the GTA itself. As a result of this non-specific DNA packaging, GTAs can transfer genes within bacterial and archaeal communities. GTAs clearly evolved from viruses and are thought to have been maintained in prokaryotic genomes due to the advantages associated with their DNA transfer capacity. The most-studied GTA is produced by the alphaproteobacterium
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