Bacterial insertion sequences: Their genomic impact and diversity

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 865-891

  Siguier, Patricia ^a   Gourbeyre, Edith ^a   Chandler, Mick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Diversity; Evolution; Genome; Insertion sequence; Mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRANSPOSASE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA STRAND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; BACTERIA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

BACTERIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 84925228858     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12067     Document Type: Article

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