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A pseudo-tRNA modulates antibiotic resistance in Bacillus cereus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Rogers Theresa E, Ataide Sandro F, Dare Kiley, Katz Assaf, Seveau Stephanie, Roy Hervé, Ibba Michael
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial genomic islands are often flanked by tRNA genes, which act as sites for the integration of foreign DNA into the host chromosome. For example, Bacillus cereus ATCC14579 contains a pathogenicity island flanked by a predicted pseudo-tRNA, tRNA(Other), which does not function in translation. Deletion of tRNA(Other) led to significant changes in cell wall morphology and antibiotic resistance and was...
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