UG/Abi: a highly diverse family of prokaryotic reverse transcriptases associated with defense functions
M. R. Mestre, L. Gao, S. A. Shah, A. Lopez-Beltran, A. Gonzalez-Delgado, F. Martinez-Abarca, J. Iranzo, M. Redrejo-Rodriguez, F. Zhang, N. Toro
The paper systematically analyzes UG and Abi RTs, classifies them into three major classes, and demonstrates their association with defense functions and antiphage roles.
bioRxiv · Dec 2, 2021Evolutionary Biology