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Microbiology (Reading). 2016 Apr;162(4):622-632. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.000219.

Plasmid-like replication of a minimal streptococcal integrative and conjugative element.

Microbiology (Reading, England)

Nicolas Carraro, Virginie Libante, Catherine Morel, Florence Charron-Bourgoin, Pierre Leblond, Gérard Guédon

Affiliations

  1. INRA, DynAMic, UMR1128, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
  2. Université de Lorraine, DynAMic, UMR1128, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.

PMID: 26825653 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000219

Abstract

Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are mobile genetic elements encoding their own excision from a replicon of their bacterial host, transfer by conjugation to a recipient bacterium and reintegration for maintenance. The conjugation, recombination and regulation modules of ICEs of the ICE

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