Cellular pathways controlling integron cassette site folding
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Cellular pathways controlling integron cassette site folding.
By mobilizing small DNA units, integrons have a major function in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance among bacteria. The acquisition of gene cassettes occurs by recombination between the attI and attC sites catalysed by the IntI1 integron integrase. These recombination reactions use an unconventional mechanism involving a folded single-stranded attC site. We show that cellular bacterial...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The EMBO Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0261-4189,1460-2075
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.248