A novel system of bacterial cell division arrest implicated in horizontal transmission of an integrative and conjugative element.

Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are widespread mobile DNA elements in the prokaryotic world. ICEs are usually retained within the bacterial chromosome, but can be excised and transferred from a donor to a new recipient cell, even of another species. Horizontal transmission of ICEclc, a p...

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Main Authors: Sotaro Takano, Kohei Fukuda, Akiko Koto, Ryo Miyazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-10-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008445