Autonomous Plasmid-like Replication of a Conjugative Transposon

Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs), a.k.a. conjugative transposons, are mobile genetic elements involved in many biological processes, including pathogenesis, symbiosis and the spread of antibiotic resistance. Unlike conjugative plasmids that are extra-chromosomal and replicate autonomously...

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Main Authors: Babic, Ana (Contributor), Lee, Catherine Ann (Contributor), Grossman, Alan Davis (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Grossman, Alan D. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blackwell Publishing, 2010-09-02T13:49:51Z.
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