Identification and analysis of integrons and cassette arrays in bacterial genomes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 4539-4550

  Cury, Jean ^a,b   Jové, Thomas ^c   Touchon, Marie ^a,b   Néron, Bertrand ^a   Rocha, Eduardo Pc ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATTC SITE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; CASSETTE ARRAY; CELL LINEAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC STABILITY; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; SOFTWARE;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; INTEGRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOGENES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84973335068     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw319     Document Type: Article

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