A novel ICE in the genome of Shewanella putrefaciens W3-18-1: Comparison with the SXT/R391 ICE-like elements

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-88

  Pembroke, J Tony ^a   Piterina, Anna V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ICESpuPO1; Mobile efflux pumps; Shewanella genome; SXT R391 like ICEs

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CONTIG; HEAVY METAL; INTEGRASE; PROTEIN PRFC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTEGRATING CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

SHEWANELLA; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 33749430782     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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