Critical components of the conjugation machinery of the integrative and conjugative 1 element ICE Bs 1 of Bacillus subtilis 2 3 Running title : Conjugation machinery of ICE Bs 1 4 5 6
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3 Running title: Conjugation machinery of ICEBs1 4 5 6 Cori T. Leonetti, Matt A. Hamada, Stephanie J. Laurer, Matthew P. Broulidakis, Kyle J. 7 Swerdlow, Catherine A. Lee, Alan D. Grossman, and Melanie B. Berkmen 8 9 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Suffolk University; Boston, MA 02114 10 Department of Biology; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA 02139 11 * Co-first authors. 12 13 # Correspondence to: 14 Melanie B. Berkmen 15 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 16 Suffolk University 17 41 Temple St. 18 Boston, MA 02114 19 phone: 617-921-0654 20 email: [email protected] 21 22 JB Accepted Manuscript Posted Online 26 May 2015 J. Bacteriol. doi:10.1128/JB.00142-15 Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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The Bacillus subtilis conjugative transposon ICE Bs 1 mobilizes plasmids 2 lacking dedicated mobilization functions 3 4 5
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