Mobilisation and remobilisation of a large archetypal pathogenicity island of uropathogenic <it>Escherichia coli in vitro </it>support the role of conjugation for horizontal transfer of genomic islands
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A substantial amount of data has been accumulated supporting the important role of genomic islands (GEIs) - including pathogenicity islands (PAIs) - in bacterial genome plasticity and the evolution of bacterial pathogens. Their insta...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/210 |