Heteromeric transposase elements: Generators of genomic Islands across diverse bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1084-1092

  Peters, Joseph E ^a   Fricker, Ashwana D ^a   Kapili, Bennett J ^a   Petassi, Michael T ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSPOSASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; COMM GENE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CODE; GENOMIC ISLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON; YHIN GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID;

BACTERIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; PLASMIDS; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 84908550410     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12740     Document Type: Review

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