A Glimpse into the World of Integrative and Mobilizable Elements in Streptococci Reveals an Unexpected Diversity and Novel Families of Mobilization Proteins

Coluzzi, Charles; Guédon, Gérard; Devignes, Marie‐Dominique; Ambroset, Chloé; Loux, Valentin; Lacroix, Thomas; Payot, Sophie; Leblond‐Bourget, Nathalie

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00443

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A Glimpse into the World of Integrative and Mobilizable Elements in Streptococci Reveals an Unexpected Diversity and Novel Families of Mobilization Proteins

Published in Frontiers in Microbiology • Mar 20, 2017

Authors:

Charles Coluzzi

Gérard Guédon

Marie‐Dominique Devignes

Abstract

Recent analyses of bacterial genomes have shown that integrated elements that transfer by conjugation play an essential role in horizontal gene transfer. Among these elements, the integrative and mobilizable elements (IMEs) are known to encode their own excision and integration machinery, and to car...

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Biology

Horizontal gene transfer

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