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Transfer activation of SXT/R391 integrative and conjugative elements: unraveling the SetCD regulon.
Nucleic acids research - 27 Feb 2015
Poulin-Laprade Dominic, Matteau Dominick, Jacques Pierre-Étienne, Rodrigue Sébastien, Burrus Vincent
Abstract excerpt
Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) of the SXT/R391 family have been recognized as key drivers of antibiotic resistance dissemination in the seventh-pandemic lineage of Vibrio cholerae. SXT/R391 ICEs propagate by conjugation and integrate site-specifically into the chromosome of a wide range of environmental and clinical Gammaproteobacteria. SXT/R391 ICEs bear setC and setD, two conserved genes coding for...
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