High-level gene cassette transcription prevents integrase expression in class 1 integrons

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 5675-5682

  Guérin, Emilie ^a,b   Jové, Thomas ^a,b   Tabesse, Aurore ^a   Mazel, Didier ^c   Ploy, Marie Cécile ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; LEXA PROTEIN; SOS PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 80053614916     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05246-11     Document Type: Article

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