http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/%e2%80%98jumping-genes%e2%80%99-use-bacteria-to-go-viral/ Research news from leading universities Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/%e2%80%98jumping-genes%e2%80%99-use-bacteria-to-go-viral/comment-page-1/#comment-37383 Science News: Week of September 13, 2009 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:29:40 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=4053#comment-37383 [...] ‘Jumping genes’ use bacteria to go viral: A small piece of foreign DNA recognizes when and where to slip into a bacterium’s genetic code, allowing bacteria to genetically adapt to their environment—and develop resistance to antibiotics—a team of researchers has found. To read the study: [...] [...] ‘Jumping genes’ use bacteria to go viral: A small piece of foreign DNA recognizes when and where to slip into a bacterium’s genetic code, allowing bacteria to genetically adapt to their environment—and develop resistance to antibiotics—a team of researchers has found. To read the study: [...]

]]> http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/%e2%80%98jumping-genes%e2%80%99-use-bacteria-to-go-viral/comment-page-1/#comment-385 Spaceman_Spiff Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:37:02 +0000 http://futurity.org/?p=4053#comment-385 So this is basically a plasmid which han an unusual amount of hosts? About the cargo area, is there a specific set of genes on it or does it just randomly move around a part of the hosts genes? Cool stuff, kind of a virus/plasmid/transposon Frankenstein, sure as hell mixes up phylogenetic trees... So this is basically a plasmid which han an unusual amount of hosts? About the cargo area, is there a specific set of genes on it or does it just randomly move around a part of the hosts genes?
Cool stuff, kind of a virus/plasmid/transposon Frankenstein, sure as hell mixes up phylogenetic trees…

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