Mobile genetic elements in Klebsiella pneumoniae [PDF]
Journal of BacteriologyKlebsiella pneumoniae is a clinically important pathogenic bacteria that poses a serious threat to human health. In particular, the emergence of hypervirulent and multidrug-resistant K.
Ting Pan, Qingrong Li
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Mammalian small nucleolar RNAs are mobile genetic elements. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2006 Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) of the H/ACA box and C/D box categories guide the pseudouridylation and the 2'-O-ribose methylation of ribosomal RNAs by forming short duplexes with their target.
Michel J Weber
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Shuffling of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in successful healthcare-associated MRSA (HA-MRSA) [PDF]
, 2012 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) CC22 SCCmecIV is a successful hospital-associated (HA-) MRSA, widespread throughout the world, and now the dominant clone in UK hospitals.
Jodi A. Lindsay +3 more
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Diversity of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements of Sof Umer Cave microbiomes, Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC Genomic DataAntibiotic resistance is a major global health concern that caused by the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. Mobile genetic elements have a roles in the transmission of antibiotic resistance genes.
Mesfin Tafesse Gemeda +5 more
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Functional Traits Co-Occurring with Mobile Genetic Elements in the Microbiome of the Atacama Desert [PDF]
, 2019 Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) play an essential role in bacterial adaptation and evolution. These elements are enriched within bacterial communities from extreme environments. However, very little is known if specific genes co-occur with MGEs in extreme
Johan S. Sáenz +4 more
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Analysis of two pheromone-responsive conjugative multiresistance plasmids carrying the novel mobile optrA locus from Enterococcus faecalis [PDF]
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2019 Yanhong Shang,1,2,* Dexi Li,2,* Xinxin Shan,2 Stefan Schwarz,3 Su-Mei Zhang,2 Yu-Xia Chen,2 Wuqing Ouyang,1 Xiang-Dang Du21Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi 712100, People’
Shang Y +7 more
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Catabolic mobile genetic elements and their potential use in bioaugmentation of polluted soils and waters [PDF]
, 2002 Eva M. Top, Dirk Springael, Nico Boon
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Chromosomal Integration of Huge and Complex blaNDM-Carrying Genetic Elements in Enterobacteriaceae
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 In this study, a detailed genetic dissection of the huge and complex blaNDM-carrying genetic elements and their related mobile genetic elements was performed in Enterobacteriaceae.
Xinhua Luo +11 more
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mSphere, 2023 Vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VREfm) is a significant public health concern because of limited treatment options. Genomic surveillance can be used to monitor VREfm transmission and evolution.
Moutusee Islam +5 more
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Nature Communications, 2021 It is commonly thought that horizontal transfer of most bacterial chromosomal genes is limited, in comparison with the frequent transfer of mobile genetic elements. Humphrey et al.
Suzanne Humphrey +6 more
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