Identification and characterization of a direct activator of a gene transfer agent

Gene transfer agents (GTAs) are ‘domesticated’ bacteriophages that can transfer any genes between bacteria. Here, Paul Fogg identifies a protein that directly regulates transcription of GTA genes and whose expression is in turn controlled by a global cell-cycle regulator and a quorum-sensing regulat...

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Main Author: Paul C. M. Fogg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08526-1