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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2024

New evidence supports the prophage origin of RcGTA.

Yongle Xu, Binbin Liu, Nianzhi Jiao, Jihua Liu, Feng Chen

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Viruses · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yongle XuInstitute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4314-7320
Binbin LiuInstitute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
Nianzhi JiaoInstitute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.
Jihua LiuInstitute of Marine Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7391-6085
Feng ChenInstitute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6064-7805

Funding

Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province () 2020ZLYS04Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (MOST) 2018YFA0605800
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene transfer agents (GTAs) are phage-like entities that package and transfer random host genome fragments between prokaryotes. RcGTA, produced by

Indexed as

ProphagesEvolution, MolecularGene Transfer, HorizontalGenome, ViralMethylobacteriumPhylogenyRhodobacter capsulatusevolutionary origingene homologygenomic architectureprophageRcGTAvirion protein

Identifiers

PMID39189727
PMCPMC11409702

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