ICEEc2, a new integrative and conjugative element belonging to the pKLC102/PAGI-2 family, identified in Escherichia coli strain BEN374

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5026-5036

  Roche, David ^a   Fléchard, Maud ^b   Lallier, Nathalie ^b   Répérant, Maryline ^b   Brée, Annie ^b   Pascal, Géraldine ^c,d,e,f   Schouler, Catherine ^b   Germon, Pierre ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UR1282   (France)

^c UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^f Haras Nationaux   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMIC ISLAND; INTEGRATIVE AND CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CLASSIFICATION; COSMID; GENETICS; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; COSMIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77957350288     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00609-10     Document Type: Article

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