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Integrative and conjugative elements and their hosts: composition, distribution and organization

Conjugation of single-stranded DNA drives horizontal gene transfer between bacteria and was widely studied in conjugative plasmids. The organization and function of integrative and conjugative elements (ICE), even if they are more abundant, was only studied in a few model systems. Comparative genomi...

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Autores principales: Cury, Jean, Touchon, Marie, Rocha, Eduardo P. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28911112
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx607