Origins of the mobile gene cassettes found in integrons

被引:167
作者
Recchia, GD
Hall, RM
机构
[1] CSIRO,SYDNEY LAB,N RYDE,NSW 2113,AUSTRALIA
[2] MACQUARIE UNIV,SCH BIOL SCI,SYDNEY,NSW 2109,AUSTRALIA
[3] CSIRO,SYDNEY,NSW 2109,AUSTRALIA
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10.1016/S0966-842X(97)01123-2
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Many of the acquired antibiotic resistance genes found in enterobacteria and pseudomonads are part of small mobile elements known as gene cassettes, and other genes are also likely to be found in cassettes. The origins of the genes and the recombination sites that make up cassettes are not known, but recent analyses of available data suggest that cassettes may be ancient structures, and some hypotheses for how they are formed can now be examined.
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