Natural Transformation Facilitates Transfer of Transposons, Integrons and Gene Cassettes between Bacterial Species
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Natural Transformation Facilitates Transfer of Transposons, Integrons and Gene Cassettes between Bacterial Species
We have investigated to what extent natural transformation acting on free DNA substrates can facilitate transfer of mobile elements including transposons, integrons and/or gene cassettes between bacterial species. Naturally transformable cells of Acinetobacter baylyi were exposed to DNA from integron-carrying strains of the genera Acinetobacter, Citrobacter, Enterobacter, Escherichia, Pseudomon...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Pathogens
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1553-7374
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002837