New Insights into the Classification and Integration Specificity of Streptococcus Integrative Conjugative Elements through Extensive Genome Exploration

Complete genome sequence of the Clostridium difficile laboratory strain 630Δerm reveals differences from strain 630, including translocation of the mobile element CTn5

(2015) Erika van Eijk et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Critical Components of the Conjugation Machinery of the Integrative and Conjugative Element ICEBs1of Bacillus subtilis

(2015) Cori T. Leonetti et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae pan-genome for prevalence, diversity and functionality of integrative and conjugative or mobilizable elements integrated in the tRNALys CTT gene

(2015) Aurore Puymège et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Replication and Active Partition of Integrative and Conjugative Elements (ICEs) of the SXT/R391 Family: The Line between ICEs and Conjugative Plasmids Is Getting Thinner

(2015) Nicolas Carraro et al.   PLoS Genetics

Resistance Determinants and Their Association with Different Transposons in the Antibiotic-ResistantStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2015) Izabela Korona-Glowniak et al.   Biomed Research International

Composite mobile genetic elements disseminating macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2015) Scott T. Chancey et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Structure of a type IV secretion system

(2014) Harry H. Low et al.   NATURE

Key components of the eight classes of type IV secretion systems involved in bacterial conjugation or protein secretion

(2014) Julien Guglielmini et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Chromosomal islands of Streptococcus pyogenes and related streptococci: molecular switches for survival and virulence

(2014) Scott V. Nguyen et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

The Intestinal Microbiome in Early Life: Health and Disease

(2014) Marie-Claire Arrieta et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Modular Evolution of TnGBSs, a New Family of Integrative and Conjugative Elements Associating Insertion Sequence Transposition, Plasmid Replication, and Conjugation for Their Spreading

(2013) R. Guerillot et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Conjugative type IV secretion systems in Gram-positive bacteria

(2013) Nikolaus Goessweiner-Mohr et al.   PLASMID

Prophage Excision Activates Listeria Competence Genes that Promote Phagosomal Escape and Virulence

(2012) Lev Rabinovich et al.   CELL

Changes in Bacterial Growth Rate Govern Expression of the Borrelia burgdorferi OspC and Erp Infection-Associated Surface Proteins

(2012) B. L. Jutras et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of a New CAMP Factor Carried by an Integrative and Conjugative Element in Streptococcus agalactiae and Spreading in Streptococci

(2012) Sarah Chuzeville et al.   PLoS One

Heterogeneity of Tn5253-Like Composite Elements in ClinicalStreptococcus pneumoniaeIsolates

(2011) Marina Mingoia et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Differential regulation of two closely related integrative and conjugative elements from Streptococcus thermophilus

(2011) Nicolas Carraro et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Lateral gene transfer of streptococcal ICE element RD2 (region of difference 2) encoding secreted proteins

(2011) Izabela Sitkiewicz et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Fast, scalable generation of high-quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega

(2011) F. Sievers et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

ICEberg: a web-based resource for integrative and conjugative elements found in Bacteria

(2011) Dexi Bi et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Uncovering the Prevalence and Diversity of Integrating Conjugative Elements in Actinobacteria

(2011) Mariana Gabriela Ghinet et al.   PLoS One

The Repertoire of ICE in Prokaryotes Underscores the Unity, Diversity, and Ubiquity of Conjugation

(2011) Julien Guglielmini et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mutagenesis of the modified bases, m5U1939 and ψ2504, in Escherichia coli 23S rRNA

(2010) Clive Persaud et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Nucleotide sequence and functional analysis of the tet (M)-carrying conjugative transposon Tn5251  of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Francesco Santoro et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Transposition of Tn916  in the four replicons of the Butyrivibrio proteoclasticus B316T genome

(2010) Adrian L. Cookson et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Mobility of Plasmids

(2010) C. Smillie et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Integrative and conjugative elements: mosaic mobile genetic elements enabling dynamic lateral gene flow

(2010) Rachel A. F. Wozniak et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

PLAST: parallel local alignment search tool for database comparison

(2009) Van Hoa Nguyen et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Genome evolution driven by host adaptations results in a more virulent and antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14

(2009) Feng Ding et al.   BMC GENOMICS

SeaView Version 4: A Multiplatform Graphical User Interface for Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Building

(2009) M. Gouy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Autonomous plasmid-like replication of a conjugative transposon

(2009) Catherine A. Lee et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Biodiversity and technological potential of wild lactic acid bacteria from raw cows' milk

(2008) Elena Franciosi et al.   INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL

Integrative Conjugative Elements and Related Elements Are Major Contributors to the Genome Diversity of Streptococcus agalactiae

(2008) M. Brochet et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Role of Conjugative Elements in the Evolution of the Multidrug-Resistant Pandemic Clone Streptococcus pneumoniaeSpain23F ST81

(2008) N. J. Croucher et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A novel streptococcal integrative conjugative element involved in iron acquisition

(2008) Zoe Heather et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Atypical association of DDE transposition with conjugation specifies a new family of mobile elements

(2008) Mathieu Brochet et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY