The evolutionary dynamics of integrons in changing environments

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1296-1307

  Engelstädter, Jan ^a   Harms, Klaus ^b,c   Johnsen, Pål J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; SELECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTEGRASE;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84957618585     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.222     Document Type: Article

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