Intragenic DNA inversions expand bacterial coding capacity
R. B. Chanin, P. T. West, R. M. Park, J. Wirbel, G. Z. M. Green, A. M. Miklos, M. O. Gill, A. S. Hickey, E. F. Brooks, A. S. Bhatt
The paper identifies intragenic DNA inversions in prokaryotes using long-read sequencing, showing they allow genes to encode multiple protein versions without increasing genome size.
bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2023Microbiology