Characterization of a relaxase belonging to the MOBT family, a widespread family in Firmicutes mediating the transfer of ICEs

Soler, Nicolás; Robert, Emilie; Chauvot de Beauchêne, Isaure; Monteiro, Philippe; Libante, Virginie; Maigret, Bernard; Staub, Johan; W. Ritchie, David; Guédon, Gérard; Payot, Sophie; Devignes, Marie‐Dominique; Leblond‐Bourget, Nathalie

doi:10.1186/s13100-019-0160-9

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Characterization of a relaxase belonging to the MOBT family, a widespread family in Firmicutes mediating the transfer of ICEs

Published in Mobile DNA • May 3, 2019

Authors:

Nicolás Soler

Emilie Robert

Isaure Chauvot de Beauchêne

Abstract

Conjugative spread of antibiotic resistance and virulence genes in bacteria constitutes an important threat to public health. Beyond the well-known conjugative plasmids, recent genome analyses have shown that integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are the most widespread conjugative elements, e...

Subject

Firmicutes

Biology

Genetics

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