The FDA assertion that horizontal gene transfer does not occur between transgenic plants and microorganisms has stimulated a number of investigations, centering on two types of experiments ...

Subsequent studies questioned the possibility of HGT, offering alternate explanations for the presence of genes that resembled bacterial sequences, such as gene loss ... researchers have reported the ...

I just think the lesson is that DNA really gets around. —Nancy Moran, University of Texas at Austin If Li had been studying bacteria, finding this kind of lateral or horizontal gene transfer (HGT) ...

Conjugation is a form of horizontal gene transfer that allows the exchange of genetic material between two organisms or cells ...

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems.

Grafting two transgenic plants triggers lateral gene transfer at the graft site but does not elicit long-distance transport of DNA into the scion or root of the graft. Initially Ralph Bock's ...