Uncovering the prevalence and diversity of integrating conjugative elements in actinobacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Ghinet, Mariana Gabriela ^a   Bordeleau, Eric ^a   Beaudin, Julie ^a   Brzezinski, Ryszard ^a   Roy, Sébastien ^a   Burrus, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FTSK PROTEIN; SPOIIIE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHROMOSOMAL GENE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FRANKIA; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; TRANSPOSON;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANKIA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 81155137330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027846     Document Type: Article

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