Transposition Behavior Revealed by High-Resolution Description of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Saltovirus Integration Sites

Transposable phages, also called saltoviruses, of which the Escherichia coli phage Mu is the reference, are temperate phages that multiply their genome through replicative transposition at multiple sites in their host chromosome. The viral genome is packaged together with host DNA at both ends. In t...

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Main Authors: Gilles Vergnaud, Cédric Midoux, Yann Blouin, Maria Bourkaltseva, Victor Krylov, Christine Pourcel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/10/5/245