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- noun genetics A system of
gene capture anddissemination
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In the present study, we describe a new blaIMP-1-carrying integron that contains a new aminoglycoside resistance gene and its dissemination among genetically unrelated clinical isolates recovered from a Brazilian hospital.
Behe's Test, Take 2 2008
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This enzyme also promotes the random rearrangement of the resistance genes within the integron.
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It is actually the antibiotics themselves that trigger the synthesis of the bacterial enzyme that captures the resistance genes and enables their expression in the integron.
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The order of these genes in the integron determines the degree of priority for their expression: the first are expressed most highly and give the bacteria the corresponding resistance.
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Schmidt AS, Bruun MS, Dalsgaard I, Larsen JL (2001) Incidence, distribution and spread of tetracycline resistance determinants and integron - associated antibiotic resistance genes among motile Aeromonads from a fish-farming environment.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David W. Verner-Jeffreys et al. 2009
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Type 1 plasmids consisted of replicons F1A/F1B, blaTEM, IS26, and a class 1 integron with the genes dfrA12-orfF-aadA2-qacEDelta1-sulI.
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Additionally, DNA sequencing of class 1 integron PCR amplicons from five example isolates identified antibiotic resistance gene cassettes (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles David W. Verner-Jeffreys et al. 2009
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