Temperate Phages Acquire DNA from Defective Prophages by Relaxed Homologous Recombination: The Role of Rad52-Like Recombinases

CRISPR-Mediated Adaptive Immune Systems in Bacteria and Archaea

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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii influence the production of mucus glycans and the development of goblet cells in the colonic epithelium of a gnotobiotic model rodent

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Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and human intestinal health

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Bacterial DNA polymerases participate in oligonucleotide recombination

(2013) Xin-tian Li et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Behavior of Lactobacilli Isolated from Fermented Slurry (ben-saalga) in Gnotobiotic Rats

(2013) Williams Turpin et al.   PLoS One

High-resolution view of bacteriophage lambda gene expression by ribosome profiling

(2013) X. Liu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Manipulating or Superseding Host Recombination Functions: A Dilemma That Shapes Phage Evolvability

(2013) Louis-Marie Bobay et al.   PLoS Genetics

Prophage Excision Activates Listeria Competence Genes that Promote Phagosomal Escape and Virulence

(2012) Lev Rabinovich et al.   CELL

Connecting dysbiosis, bile-acid dysmetabolism and gut inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases

(2012) Henri Duboc et al.   GUT

Genome of Enterobacteriophage Lula/phi80 and Insights into Its Ability To Spread in the Laboratory Environment

(2012) E. Rotman et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Orthologous Gene Clusters and Taxon Signature Genes for Viruses of Prokaryotes

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The Adaptation of Temperate Bacteriophages to Their Host Genomes

(2012) Louis-Marie Bobay et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Insights into the Functions of a Prophage Recombination Directionality Factor

(2012) Gaël Panis et al.   Viruses-Basel

RAD51-independent inverted-repeat recombination by a strand-annealing mechanism

(2011) Christina Mott et al.   DNA REPAIR

Probing Cellular Processes with Oligo-Mediated Recombination and Using the Knowledge Gained to Optimize Recombineering

(2011) James A. Sawitzke et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Bacteriophages and their genomes

(2011) Graham F Hatfull et al.   Current Opinion in Virology

Single-stranded heteroduplex intermediates in λ Red homologous recombination

(2010) Marcello Maresca et al.   BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The intestinal microbiota in inflammatory bowel diseases: time to connect with the host

(2010) Harry Sokol et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

Lambda Red Recombineering in Escherichia coli Occurs Through a Fully Single-Stranded Intermediate

(2010) J. A. Mosberg et al.   GENETICS

The C-terminus of the phage λ Orf recombinase is involved in DNA binding

(2010) Fiona A. Curtis et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR RECOGNITION

Viral Mutation Rates

(2010) R. Sanjuan et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

The population genetics of commensal Escherichia coli

(2010) Olivier Tenaillon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of novel recombinases in bacteriophage genomes unveils Rad52, Rad51 and Gp2.5 remote homologs

(2010) Anne Lopes et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Crypt abscess-associated microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease and acute self-limited colitis

(2010) Harry Sokol   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Cryptic prophages help bacteria cope with adverse environments

(2010) Xiaoxue Wang et al.   Nature Communications

High adsorption rate is detrimental to bacteriophage fitness in a biofilm-like environment

(2009) Romain Gallet et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Rapid host adaptation by extensive recombination

(2009) E. van der Walt et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

Coinfection with Two Closely Related Alphaherpesviruses Results in a Highly Diversified Recombination Mosaic Displaying Negative Genetic Interference

(2009) B. Muylkens et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

The Defective Prophage Pool of Escherichia coli O157: Prophage–Prophage Interactions Potentiate Horizontal Transfer of Virulence Determinants

(2009) Md Asadulghani et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Functional and Structural Basis for a Bacteriophage Homolog of Human RAD52

(2008) Mickaël Ploquin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Bacteriophage genomics

(2008) Graham F Hatfull   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Involvement of DNA replication in phage lambda Red-mediated homologous recombination

(2008) Anthony R. Poteete   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Rates of evolutionary change in viruses: patterns and determinants

(2008) Siobain Duffy et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The λ Red Proteins Promote Efficient Recombination between Diverged Sequences: Implications for Bacteriophage Genome Mosaicism

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