Transposable elements have proliferated in the bacterium Enterococcus faecium, altering its metabolism and genome structure.

Controlling mosquito-borne illnesses, such as Dengue or West Nile virus, has historically been difficult due to a lack of effective vaccines and concerns about the environmental impact of insecticides ...

Interspersed repeats, also known as transposable elements, are DNA sequences that can “jump” around the genome, causing mutations in the host and contributing to expansion of the genome. Interspersed ...

Transposons, mobile DNA elements found in the genomes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, move randomly from one site in a chromosome to another using a process catalyzed by transposases. This ...