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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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Autores principales: Botelho, João, Roberts, Adam P., León-Sampedro, Ricardo, Grosso, Filipa, Peixe, Luísa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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