HOST GENE INTEGRATION. “Bacterial viruses, or bacteriophages (phages), integrate genetic material from their bacterial hosts, including toxin, photosynthesis and pigment biosynthesis genes that contribute to the fitness of their bacterial host. To date, however, there is no archetypal case of phage particles harbouring genomes with eukaryotic DNA.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022