Modular evolution of TnGBSs, a new family of integrative and conjugative elements associating insertion sequence transposition, plasmid replication, and conjugation for their spreading

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1979-1990

  Guérillot, Romain ^a,b,c   Cunha, Violette Da ^a,b   Sauvage, Elisabeth ^a,b   Bouchier, Christiane ^a   Glaser, Philippe ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; FIRMICUTES; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE REPLICATION; GENOME; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

FIRMICUTES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 84876194345     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01745-12     Document Type: Article

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