The Obscure World of Integrative and Mobilizable Elements, Highly Widespread Elements that Pirate Bacterial Conjugative Systems

Guédon, Gérard; Libante, Virginie; Coluzzi, Charles; Payot, Sophie; Leblond‐Bourget, Nathalie

doi:10.3390/genes8110337

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The Obscure World of Integrative and Mobilizable Elements, Highly Widespread Elements that Pirate Bacterial Conjugative Systems

Published in Genes • Nov 22, 2017

Authors:

Gérard Guédon

Virginie Libante

Charles Coluzzi

Abstract

Conjugation is a key mechanism of bacterial evolution that involves mobile genetic elements. Recent findings indicated that the main actors of conjugative transfer are not the well-known conjugative or mobilizable plasmids but are the integrated elements. This paper reviews current knowledge on "int...

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Biology

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