Genomic analysis of a novel integrative conjugative element in Vibrio cholerae

FEBS Letters

Volumn 583, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3630-3636

  Taviani, Elisa ^a   Grim, Christopher J ^b   Chun, Jongsik ^c,d   Huq, Anwar ^a   Colwell, R R ^a,b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Genetic mobile element; Integrative conjugative element (ICE); SXT; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOMICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INDIA; INTEGRATIVE CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 71749088558     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.10.041     Document Type: Article

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