Biology of ICEBs1, an integrative and conjugative element in Bacillus subtilis

Plasmid

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 14-25

  Auchtung, Jennifer M ^a   Aleksanyan, Naira ^b   Bulku, Artemisa ^b   Berkmen, Melanie B ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Conjugation; Conjugative transposon; Integrative and conjugative element (ICE); Mating; Type IV secretion system (T4SS)

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMOSOME; CONJUGATION; EXCISION; GENE CASSETTE; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MATING; MOBILIZATION; MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA REPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; CIRCULAR DNA; TRANSPOSON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84978792140     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2016.07.001     Document Type: Review

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