DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another—are key to bacterial evolution and the development of ...

Transposons, or "jumping genes" - DNA segments that can move from one part of the genome to another - are key to bacterial ...

Purpose: The goal of this work was to test the ability of oligonucleotide-based arrays to reproduce the results of focused bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-based arrays used clinically in ...

Researchers have uncovered mechanisms by which mobile genetic elements integrate into the chromosomes of bacteria with linear genomes.

Scientists at Cornell University have uncovered a new mechanism that bacterial transposons —often called “jumping genes” —use ...

Researchers show that transposons can target and insert themselves at the ends of linear chromosomes, called telomeres, within their bacterial host. In Streptomyces -- historically one of the most ...

However, “how much you can extrapolate to [other bacteria] is currently unknown. I think that’s worth further study,” Sheng added. Whether archaea or eukaryotes have a similar process also remains an ...

In Streptomyces – historically one of the most significant bacteria for antibiotic development – they found that transposons controlled the telomeres in nearly a third of the chromosomes.