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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Environmental DNA adsorption to chitin can promote horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation.

Jacob D Holt, Yixuan Peng, Triana N Dalia, Ankur B Dalia, Carey D Nadell

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Structural modeling reveals the mechanism of motor ATPase coordination during type IV pilus retraction.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jacob D HoltDepartment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.ORCID 0000-0002-7860-8214
Yixuan PengDepartment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.ORCID 0009-0002-6406-1163
Triana N DaliaDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.ORCID 0000-0001-7614-1377
Ankur B DaliaDepartment of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405.ORCID 0000-0003-2203-1230
Carey D NadellDepartment of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755.ORCID 0000-0003-1751-4895

Funding

Mechanisms and regulation of horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation in Vibrio choleraeR35GM128674 · NIGMS · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Ankur Dalia · 2018 to 2026
$3.8M
Bacterial and Viral Predator-Prey Dynamics within Bacterial Biofilms at Cellular ResolutionR35GM151158 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Carey Nadell · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM128674HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R35GM151158NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128674NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM151158Simons Foundation (SF) 826672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation (NT) is induced in

Indexed as

ChitinDNA, EnvironmentalGene Transfer, HorizontalTransformation, BacterialVibrio choleraeAdsorptionFimbriae, BacterialChitinDNA, Environmentalbiofilmchitinnatural transformationpilus retraction forceVibrio

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PMID40445756
PMCPMC12146716

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