Site-specific integration of the conjugal Vibrio cholerae SXT element into prfC
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Vibrio cholerae SXT Element, Laos
To the Editor: The SXT element is a Vibrio cholerae–derived ICE (integrating and conjugative element), which has also been referred to as a conjugative transposon (1) or a constin (2). ICEs excise from the chromosomes of their hosts, transfer to a new host through conjugation, and then integrate into the chromosome again. SXT element was originally isolated in 1993 from a V. cholerae O139 clini...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Microbiology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0950-382X,1365-2958
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01330.x