by on June 8, 2025
In micro organism, TEs often carry a further gene for functions other than transposition, usually for antibiotic resistance. In micro organism, transposons can leap from chromosomal DNA to plasmid DNA and back, permitting for the switch and everlasting addition of genes such as those encoding antibiotic resistance (multi-antibiotic resistant bacterial strains could be generated in this manner). Bacterial transposons of this type belong to the Tn household. When the transposable parts lack additi...
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