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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs)"”.
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Interactions between an integrative and conjugative element and its bacterial host
Conjugative elements are mobile genetic elements that can transfer from a donor bacterium to a recipient via an element-encoded type IV secretion system. Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are an abundant class of conjugative element. ICEs are typically integrated into the bacterial host …
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Specificity and benefits of an exclusion mechanism for a mobile genetic element in Bacillus subtilis
The horizontal transfer of mobile genetic elements, including Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs), plays an essential role in bacterial evolution by helping to promote the spread of genes involved in antibiotic and heavy metal resistance, metabolism, symbiosis, and pathogenicity. Like …
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Conflict between bacteriophages and a mobile genetic element in bacterial immunity
… entities on the planet. They are ubiquitous and numerous across the many environments bacteria are found. To combat phage predation, bacteria have evolved numerous immune strategies, so-called anti-phage defense systems. Likewise, phages encode counter-defenses that prevent the function of …
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Autonomous replication of integrative and conjugative elements
Mobile genetic elements facilitate movement of genes, including those conferring antibiotic resistance and other traits, between bacteria. Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs), also known as conjugative transposons, are a large family of mobile genetic elements that can transfer between …
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Interactions between mobile genetic elements and their bacterial hosts
Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are widespread mobile genetic elements that facilitate the spread of many important genes, including those involved in antibiotic resistance, metabolism, pathogenesis, or symbiosis. These elements are also powerful tools for genetic analyses and …
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Consequences of a mobile genetic element integrated at secondary locations
Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are widespread mobile genetic elements that are integrated in bacterial chromosomes, but can excise and transfer to a recipient through conjugation. ICEs are important agents of evolution, contributing to the acquisition of new traits, including …
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Interplay between an integrative and conjugative element and its bacterial host
… which bacteria acquire new genes. Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) are the primary drivers of horizontal gene transfer, introducing large fragments of DNA. Often, MGEs contain cargo genes beneficial to the host, conferring new traits such as antibiotic resistances, pathogenicity, and metabolic …
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Characterization of a bifunctional cell wall hydrolase in the mobile genetic element ICEBsJ
Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are mobile genetic elements that are normally found stably integrated into bacterial chromosomes, but under certain situations can excise and transfer to a recipient cell through conjugation. ICEs contain a set of genes that encode the molecular machinery …
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Excision, transfer, and integration of the bacteroides integrative and conjugative element CTnDOT
… to antibiotics is the spread of mobile genetic elements that encode antibiotic resistance genes. These elements are able to transfer themselves to new host cells by conjugation, which may result in the widespread dissemination of an element throughout a given microbial population. The …
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Conjugative transfer and expression of an integrative and conjugative element in Pectobacterium atrosepticum : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University
… almost ubiquitous association to Mobile Genetic Elements, the means of Horizontal Gene Transfer enabling rapid exchange of genetic information between bacterial populations. Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs) are Mobile Genetic Elements (MGEs) that are transferred largely by conjugation …