Mobilizable genomic islands: Going mobile with oriT mimicry

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 537-540

  Waldor, Matthew K ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HHMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; PROTEIN ORIT; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION; EXCISION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMIC ISLAND; INTEGRATING CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; MOBILIZABLE GENOMIC ISLAND; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77958609389     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07365.x     Document Type: Article

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