Dynamics of the setCD-regulated integration and excision of genomic islands mobilized by integrating conjugative elements of the SXT/R391 family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 5794-5802

  Daccord, Aurélie ^a   Mursell, Mathias ^a   Poulin Laprade, Dominic ^a   Burrus, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENOMIC ISLAND; INTEGRATING CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; MOBILIZABLE GENOMIC ISLAND; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84868645007     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01093-12     Document Type: Article

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