Differences in Integron Cassette Excision Dynamics Shape a Trade-Off between Evolvability and Genetic Capacitance

ABSTRACT Integrons ensure a rapid and “on demand” response to environmental stresses driving bacterial adaptation. They are able to capture, store, and reorder functional gene cassettes due to site-specific recombination catalyzed by their integrase. Integrons can be either sedentary and chromosomal...

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Main Authors: Céline Loot, Aleksandra Nivina, Jean Cury, José Antonio Escudero, Magaly Ducos-Galand, David Bikard, Eduardo P. C. Rocha, Didier Mazel
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/07231b0f5cf64cea9a20f9be00cb5d2f
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