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mobile genetic element: a standalone construct

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Microbiology

a DNA unit able to move within or between genomes, serving as a vehicle for gene exchange between microbes.

In microbiology, mobile genetic element refers to a DNA unit able to move within or between genomes, serving as a vehicle for gene exchange between microbes. This meaning comes from Frost (2005) in Nature Reviews Microbiology.[1]

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References

Frost, L. S., Leplae, R., Summers, A. O., & Toussaint, A. (2005). Mobile genetic elements: the agents of open source evolution. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 3(9), 722-732. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1235

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