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Integron cassette insertion: a recombination process involving a folded single strand substrate.
The EMBO journal - 21 Dec 2005
Bouvier Marie, Demarre Gaëlle, Mazel Didier
Abstract excerpt
Integrons play a major role in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes among Gram-negative pathogens. Integron gene cassettes form circular intermediates carrying a recombination site, attC, and insert into an integron platform at a second site, attI, in a reaction catalyzed by an integron-specific integrase IntI. The IntI1 integron integrase preferentially binds to the 'bottom strand' of single-stranded...
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