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The ecological consequences and evolution of retron-mediated suicide as a way to protect Escherichia coli from being killed by phage

Retrons were described in 1984 as DNA sequences that code for a reverse transcriptase and a unique single-stranded DNA/RNA hybrid called multicopy single-stranded DNA (msDNA). It would not be until 2020 that a function was shown for retrons, when compelling evidence was presented that retrons activa...

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Autores principales: Berryhill, Brandon A., Manuel, Joshua A., Garcia, Rodrigo, Levin, Bruce R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10162544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37145987
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285274