Biology of three ICE families: SXT/R391, ICEBs1, and ICESt1/ICESt3

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Carraro, Nicolas ^a   Burrus, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84937803810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MDNA3-0008-2014     Document Type: Article

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