Transcriptome analysis of the mobile genome ICEclc in Pseudomonas knackmussii B13.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Integrative and conjugative elements (ICE) form a diverse group of DNA elements that are integrated in the chromosome of the bacterial host, but can occasionally excise and horizontally transfer to a new host cell. ICE come in different families, typically with a conserved core for functions controlling the element's behavior and a variable region providing auxiliary functions to the host. The ICEclc element of Pseudomonas knackmussii strain B13 is representative for a large family of chromosomal islands detected by genome sequencing approaches. It provides the host with the capacity to degrade chloroaromatics and 2-aminophenol.

Results

Here we study the transcriptional organization of the ICEclc core region. By northern hybridizations, reverse-transcriptase polym

SUBMITTER: Gaillard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2892462 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature