Journal article
Silent but deadly: IS200 promotes pathogenicity in Salmonella Typhimurium
Abstract
Bacterial transposons were long thought of as selfish mobile genetic elements that propagate at the expense of 'host' bacterium fitness. However, limited transposition can benefit the host organism by promoting DNA rearrangements and facilitating horizontal gene transfer. Here we discuss and provide context for our recently published work which reported the surprising finding that an otherwise dormant transposon, IS200, encodes a regulatory RNA …
Authors
Ellis MJ; Carfrae LA; Macnair CR; Trussler RS; Brown ED; Haniford DB
Journal
RNA Biology, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 176–181
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
February 1, 2018
DOI
10.1080/15476286.2017.1403001
ISSN
1547-6286