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Do you have a citation? I have never heard of this and am curious about this mechanism!
by memen 3y ago
Do you have a citation? I have never heard of this and am curious about this mechanism!
- rolph 3y agothis is horizontal gene flow. transposable elements are one of a number of vectors. viral transfer is another [herpes, ad supra]
- Toast_ 3y agohttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-021-01026-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-021-01026-3
- memen 3y agoThanks! Still, the article does not back the claim of the parent. The citation that is given for the horizontal gene transfer in herpesvirus states the following: > herpesviruses are known to capture host genes to evade host defenses. [0] That still sounds like a one-way gene transfer, and in no way an 'insertion into your DNA to stay dormant' as parent claims. [0]: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.00359-18 https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/JVI.00359-18
- Toast_ 3y agoAh, apologies, I thought you were interested in horizontal transfer. Honestly, now I'm not sure what your question is: the herpes virus' dormancy, or it's DNA insertion. The DNA insertion is already well documented, as is the dormancy, although I have no idea as to the mechanisms for said dormancy. Well, thanks for the rabbit hole!
- otherme123 3y agoHope this helps: https://journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1128/cmr.10.3.419 https://journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1128/cmr.10.3.419