As transposons can 'hop' into phages or plasmids, they can also be transferred with them into other cells. Figure 1: Transfer of DNA between bacterial cells. Transduction (1).

Transposons are critical drivers of bacterial evolution that have been studied for many decades and have been the subject of Nobel ... While most bacterial DNA is in the form of plasmids, ...

On a smaller scale, naked genetic elements such as bacterial plasmids and transposons, or jumping genes, often shuttle around and between genomes. It seems that the entire history of life is an ...

Polintons are large DNA transposons that are widespread in the genomes of eukaryotes. Here, Krupovic and Koonin propose that Polintons were the first group of eukaryotic double-stranded DNA ...

The culprit, they say, is an overabundance of "jumping genes," called transposons, that carry the genetic instructions for resistance from the cell's source code to plasmids that shuttle between ...

Plasmids don't carry that risk, but they are not nearly as efficient at reproducing in cells, ... Transposons, or jumping genes, argues Lambert, are a potentially safer way to go.

Conventional CRISPR–Cas systems maintain genomic integrity by leveraging guide RNAs for the nuclease-dependent degradation of mobile genetic elements, including plasmids and viruses. Here we describe ...

Transposons, so-called jumping genes, are a threat to genomes, so plants work hard to prevent them from mobilizing and re-inserting into the genome. Spirodela polyrhiza, the most ancient member of ...

The culprit, they say, is an overabundance of “jumping genes,” called transposons, that carry the genetic instructions for resistance from the cell’s source code to plasmids that shuttle ...