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

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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Main Authors: Hochhut Bianca, Middendorf Barbara, Dobrindt Ulrich, Schneider György, Szijártó Valéria, Emődy Levente, Hacker Jörg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/210

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