Conjugative transfer of the integrative conjugative elements ICESt1 and ICESt3 from Streptococcus thermophilus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2764-2775

  Bellanger, Xavier ^a   Roberts, Adam P ^b   Morel, Catherine ^a   Choulet, Frédéric ^a,c   Pavlovic, Guillaume ^a,d   Mullany, Peter ^b   Decaris, Bernard ^a   Guédon, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals   (France)

^d INSTITUT CLINIQUE DE LA SOURIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; ALKYLATING AGENT; MITOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE TRANSFER; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; DNA DAMAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTERSPERSED REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIRMICUTES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA DAMAGE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MITOMYCIN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 65249174427     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01412-08     Document Type: Article

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