Viral infection: CRISPR – Cas enhances HGT by transduction

Nature Reviews Microbiology 16, 186 (2018).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2018.28

Author: Andrea Du Toit
The major mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in bacteria are natural transformation, conjugation and transduction (phage-mediated transfer of bacterial DNA). In addition to a role in phage resistance, CRISPR–Cas systems have been shown to inhibit conjugation and transformation, whereas their role in transduction is

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - February 26, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Andrea Du Toit Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research