A diversity-generating retroelement encoded by a globally ubiquitous Bacteroides phage
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DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0573-6
Abstract: BackgroundDiversity-generating retroelements (DGRs) are genetic cassettes that selectively mutate target genes to produce hypervariable proteins. First characterized in Bordetella bacteriophage BPP-1, the DGR creates a hypervariable phage tail fiber that enables host tropism switching. Subsequent… read more here.
Keywords: retroelement encoded; phage; generating retroelement; encoded globally ... See more keywords