Prophages integrating into prophages: A mechanism to accumulate type III secretion effector genes and duplicate Shiga toxin-encoding prophages in Escherichia coli

Nakamura, K; Ogura, Y; Gotoh, Y; Tetsuya, H

Tetsuya, H (corresponding author), Kyushu Univ, Grad Sch Med Sci, Dept Bacteriol, Fukuoka, Japan.

PLOS PATHOGENS, 2021; 17 (4):

Abstract

Bacteriophages (or phages) play major roles in the evolution of bacterial pathogens via horizontal gene transfer. Multiple phages are often integrated......

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