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Structural basis for broad DNA-specificity in integron recombination.
Nature - 27 Apr 2006
MacDonald Douglas, Demarre Gaëlle, Bouvier Marie, Mazel Didier, Gopaul Deshmukh N
Abstract excerpt
Lateral DNA transfer--the movement of genetic traits between bacteria--has a profound impact on genomic evolution and speciation. The efficiency with which bacteria incorporate genetic information reflects their capacity to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Integron integrases are proteins that mediate site-specific DNA recombination between a proximal primary site (attI) and a secondary target site...
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