Christie is a seasoned science journalist and cell and molecular biology PhD; her debut book Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry, received widespread acclaim. She was a ...

For example, while foreign DNA can easily access bacterial genomes ... the more likely it is to be retained—an idea backed by the high gene transfer rate from endosymbiont-derived organelles such as ...

In F2 screens, a mutagen, such as ethylnitrosourea (ENU), is used to generate hundreds of point mutations in the male pre-meiotic germ cells (spermatogonia). ENU-treated males are crossed to wild ...

In contrast to humans, bacteria have the remarkable ability to exchange genetic material with one another. A well-known example with far-reaching consequences is the transfer of antibiotic ...

For example, pectinases are enzymes that break ... "We were also able to demonstrate that horizontal gene transfer, a phenomenon that describes the incorporation of foreign genes from bacteria ...

For example, pectinases are enzymes that break ... "We were also able to demonstrate that horizontal gene transfer, a phenomenon that describes the incorporation of foreign genes from bacteria ...

This manuscript describes an important finding of the transcriptional control of a chimeric gene transfer agents (GTA) cluster in Bartonella by a processive anti-termination factor (BrrG). The ...