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Actinomycete integrative and conjugative pMEA-like elements of Amycolatopsis and Saccharopolyspora decoded.
Plasmid - 1 May 2008
te Poele Evelien M, Samborskyy Markiyan, Oliynyk Markiyan, Leadlay Peter F, Bolhuis Henk, Dijkhuizen Lubbert
Abstract excerpt
Actinomycete integrative and conjugative elements (AICEs) are present in diverse genera of the actinomycetes, the most important bacterial producers of bioactive secondary metabolites. Comparison of pMEA100 of Amycolatopsis mediterranei, pMEA300 of Amycolatopsis methanolica and pSE211 of Saccharopolyspora erythraea, and other AICEs, revealed a highly conserved structural organisation, consisting of four...
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