Hatfull Graham F
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Microbiol Spectr. 2014 Mar 7;2(2):1-36.
Mycobacteriophages have provided numerous essential tools for mycobacterial genetics, including delivery systems for transposons, reporter genes, and allelic exchange substrates, and components for plasmid vectors and mutagenesis. Their genetically diverse genomes also reveal insights into the broader nature of the phage population and the evolutionary mechanisms that give rise to it. The substantial advances in our understanding of the biology of mycobacteriophages including a large collection of completely sequenced genomes indicates a rich potential for further contributions in tuberculosis genetics and beyond.
分枝杆菌噬菌体为分枝杆菌遗传学提供了众多重要工具,包括转座子、报告基因和等位基因交换底物的递送系统,以及质粒载体和诱变的组件。它们基因多样的基因组还揭示了对噬菌体群体更广泛本质以及产生该群体的进化机制的见解。我们对分枝杆菌噬菌体生物学的理解取得了重大进展,包括大量完全测序的基因组,这表明其在结核病遗传学及其他领域有进一步贡献的巨大潜力。