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Secondary chromosomal attachment site and tandem integration of the mobilizable Salmonella genomic island 1.
PloS one - 30 Apr 2008
Doublet Benoît, Golding George R, Mulvey Michael R, Cloeckaert Axel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Salmonella genomic island 1 is an integrative mobilizable element (IME) originally identified in epidemic multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) DT104. SGI1 contains a complex integron, which confers various multidrug resistance phenotypes due to its genetic plasticity. Previous studies have shown that SGI1 integrates site-specifically into the S. enterica,...
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