Foreign DNA 'sneaks' past bacterial defenses, aiding antibiotic resistance
A new study by Tel Aviv University reveals how bacterial defense mechanisms can be neutralized, enabling the efficient ...
Scientists use viral DNA to detect fecal contamination of water
The presence of human waste in sewage overflow or stormwater runoff that ultimately finds its way into rivers and lakes is a ...
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Detection of Viral DNA in Water Reveals Fecal Contamination
Researchers from South Korea developed a novel microbial source tracking method using CrAss-like phages, abundant viruses in ...
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Viral DNA Uncovers Fecal Water Contamination
The presence of human waste in sewage overflow or stormwater runoffs that ultimately find their way into rivers and lakes is ...
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TAU Researchers Identify Future Methods to Combat Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
Unlike viruses, plasmids transfer between bacteria without killing their hosts.” Plasmids often carry advantageous traits, such as antibiotic-resistance genes. However, bacteria possess defense ...
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New model for replication of BKPyV virus, a major cause of kidney transplant failure
With only seven genes, the BK polyomavirus must use the host cell's DNA replication machinery to produce new viruses. Although the virus was discovered over 50 years ago, little is known about how ...
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SFSWAP is a negative regulator of OGT intron detention and global pre-mRNA splicing
This study provides important insights into the regulation of a retained intron in the mRNA coding for OGT, a process known to be regulated by the O-GlcNAc cycling system, and highlights the ...
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New model for replication of BKPyV virus, a major cause of kidney transplant failure
The study is published in the journal PLOS Pathogens. With only seven genes, the BK polyomavirus must use the host cell’s DNA replication machinery to produce new viruses. Although the virus was ...