Combinatorial events of insertion sequences and ICE in Gram-negative bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 912-935

  Toleman, Mark A ^a   Walsh, Timothy R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class 1 integron; Insertion sequence; Integrative and conjugative element; ISCR element; Multidrug resistance; Transposon

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAMASE; RIFAMPICIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

DNA SEQUENCE; FUSION GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMIC ISLAND; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTEGRONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 79960969621     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00294.x     Document Type: Review

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