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A nice story by Ami Bhatt's lab. A transposable element insertion upstream of a folate transporter formed a strong promoter, increasing transcription and improving relative fitness under folate limitation. We have recently reported that folate biosynthesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transposable elements are driving rapid adaptation of Enterococcus faecium - NatureOver three decades, rapid expansion of the transposable element ISL3 has reshaped Enterococcus faecium, which helps to explain this pathogen’s growing clinical threat.www.nature.com