Characterization and evolution of a family of integrative and potentially conjugative or mobilizable elements from Streptococcus thermophilus

Lait

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 7-14

  Pavlovic, Guillaume ^a   Burrus, Vincent ^a   Toulmay, Alexandre ^a   Choulet, Frédéric ^a   Decaris, Bernard ^a   Guédon, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Conjugative transposon; Genomic island; Horizontal transfer; Modular evolution; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; GENE TRANSFER; MUTAGENESIS;

CONJUGATIVE TRANSPOSON; GENOMIC ISLAND; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MODULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENS; SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 1342325139     PISSN: 00237302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/lait:2003042     Document Type: Conference Paper

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