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Carbapenemases on the move: it’s good to be on ICEs
BACKGROUND: The evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance is often mediated by mobile genetic elements. Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are the most abundant conjugative elements among prokaryotes. However, the contribution of ICEs to horizontal gene transfer of antibiotic resistance...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6299553/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30574213 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13100-018-0141-4 |