Conjugative transfer and cis-mobilization of a genomic island by an integrative and conjugative element of streptococcus agalactiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1142-1151

  Puymège, Aurore ^a   Bertin, Stéphane ^a   Chuzeville, Sarah ^a,b   Guédon, Gérard ^a   Payot, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Unite Antibioresistance et Virulence Bacteriennes   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE TRANSFER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMIC ISLAND; INTEGRATIVE AND CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, TRANSFER, LYS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84874712618     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02199-12     Document Type: Article

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