Host range of strand-biased circularizing integrative elements: a new class of mobile DNA elements nesting in Gammaproteobacteria

Abstract Background The strand-biased circularizing integrative elements (SEs) are putatively non-mobilizable integrative elements for transmitting antimicrobial resistance genes. The transposition mode and the prevalence of SEs in prokaryotes remain vague. Results To corroborate the transposition m...

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Main Authors: Desmila Idola, Hiroshi Mori, Yuji Nagata, Lisa Nonaka, Hirokazu Yano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-05-01
Series:Mobile DNA
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13100-023-00295-5