Timing of integration into the chromosome is critical for the fitness of an integrative and #conjugative element and its bacterial host | PLOS #Genetics

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Target search by an imported #conjugative DNA element for a unique integration site along a bacterial chromosome during horizontal gene transfer
#hgt #conjugation #bacillus
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