2004). Also, whereas bacterial chromosomes are circular, eukaryotic chromosomes are linear. During circular DNA replication, the excised primer is readily replaced by nucleotides, leaving no gap ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive ...

Conjugation is a form of horizontal gene transfer that allows the exchange of genetic material between two organisms or cells ...

They have multiple, larger chromosomes, multiple origins of replication on each chromosome, and some regions of the DNA are more tightly packaged than others, so this form of gene regulation might be ...

Cells must integrate their growth, DNA replication and cell division cycles to ensure faithful inheritance of their genetic material. It was previously thought that, in bacteria, the growth ...

“Wild stuff does happen.” The trillions of bacteria in our bodies regularly exchange DNA with each other, but the idea that their genes could end up in human DNA has been very controversial. In 2001, ...

Every day, billions of cells in your body divide, helping to replace old and injured cells with new ones. And each time this ...

Researchers have uncovered mechanisms by which mobile genetic elements integrate into the chromosomes of bacteria with linear genomes.

A new on-site DNA sequencing method that can deliver bacterial infection diagnoses in 2 days could be rolled out nationwide ...

In other words, the protein keeps the DNA strand in order while the bacterial cell carries on functioning. When the bacterium ...

The repair enzymes are remarkably conserved from bacteria to fungi to humans, underscoring the premium placed on maintaining genomic integrity in the face of a mutagenic burden. DNA is susceptible to ...

Some bacteria are refabricated into microspheroids ... ensuring the preservation, access, replication, and management of files within large-scale DNA databases," the researchers write. Despite these ...