The integron: Adaptation on demand

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Escudero, José Antonio ^a,b   Loot, Céline ^a,b   Nivina, Aleksandra ^a,b,c   Mazel, Didier ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRON; INTERSPERSED REPEAT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INTEGRONS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84949003904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MDNA3-0019-2014     Document Type: Article

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