A globally distributed mobile genetic element inhibits natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 10485-10490

  Dalia, Ankur B ^a,d   Seed, Kimberley D ^b   Calderwood, Stephen B ^c   Camilli, Andrew ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNase; Evolution; Horizontal gene transfer; Integrating conjugative element

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE IDEA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CHITIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; CYTOPLASM; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPIDEMIC; HAITI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRATING CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PERIPLASM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BANGLADESH; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHITIN; CHOLERA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HAITI; HUMANS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; LAC OPERON; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PERIPLASM; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84939856353     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1509097112     Document Type: Article

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