Rebooting Synthetic Phage-Inducible Chromosomal Islands: One Method to Forge Them All

Phage-inducible chromosomal islands (PICIs) are a widespread family of mobile genetic elements, which have an important role in bacterial pathogenesis. These elements mobilize among bacterial species at extremely high frequencies, representing an attractive tool for the delivery of synthetic genes....

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Ibarra-Chávez, Andreas F. Haag, Pedro Dorado-Morales, Iñigo Lasa, José R. Penadés
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2020-01-01
Series:BioDesign Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.34133/2020/5783064