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The repertoire of ICE in prokaryotes underscores the unity, diversity, and ubiquity of conjugation.

PLoS genetics - 1 Aug 2011

Guglielmini Julien, Quintais Leonor, Garcillán-Barcia Maria Pilar, de la Cruz Fernando, Rocha Eduardo P C

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Horizontal gene transfer shapes the genomes of prokaryotes by allowing rapid acquisition of novel adaptive functions. Conjugation allows the broadest range and the highest gene transfer input per transfer event. While conjugative plasmids have been studied for decades, the number and diversity of integrative conjugative elements (ICE) in prokaryotes remained unknown. We defined a large set of protein profiles of...

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PMID: 21876676
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002222
PMCID: PMC3158045

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