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SUBMITTER: Auchtung JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1194945 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Auchtung Jennifer M JM Lee Catherine A CA Monson Rita E RE Lehman Alisa P AP Grossman Alan D AD
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20050816 35
Horizontal gene transfer contributes to the evolution of bacterial species. Mobile genetic elements play an important role in horizontal gene transfer, and characterization of the regulation of these elements should provide insight into conditions that influence bacterial evolution. We characterized a mobile genetic element, ICEBs1, in the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis and found that it is a functional integrative and conjugative element (ICE) capable of transferring to Bacillus and ...[more]