Firmicutes-enriched IS1447 represents a group of IS3-family insertion sequences exhibiting unique + 1 transcriptional slippage

Abstract Background Bacterial insertion sequences (ISs) are ubiquitous mobile genetic elements that play important roles in genome plasticity, cell adaptability, and function evolution. ISs of various families and subgroups contain significantly diverse molecular features and functional mechanisms t...

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Main Authors: Ya-Jun Liu, Kuan Qi, Jie Zhang, Chao Chen, Qiu Cui, Yingang Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13068-018-1304-8