Integrons are assembly platforms—DNA elements that acquire open reading frames
embedded in exogenous gene cassettes and convert them to functional genes by ensuring …

Resistance integrons are bacterial genetic platforms that can capture and express antibiotic
resistance genes embedded within gene cassettes. The capture and shuffling of gene …

Integrons are powerful recombination systems found in bacteria, which act as platforms
capable of capturing, stockpiling, excising and reordering mobile elements called cassettes …

In this study, the occurrence and diversity of integrons were evaluated in 697 isolates
belonging to Enterobacteriaceae and Aeromonas spp. isolated from urban wastewaters …

Members of the family Enterobacteriaceae are responsible for a variety of nosocomial
infections, treatment of which is limited due to their increasing resistance to antibiotics. Some …

Non-duplicate multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (n= 1447) isolated from January
2008 to December 2009 were investigated for the presence of integrons as well as …

Class I integrons are associated with carriage of genes encoding resistance to antibiotics.
Expression of inserted resistance genes within these structures can be poor and, as such …

In a survey of class 1 integrons from human stools, an unusual class 1 integron from a strain
of Enterobacter cloacae was isolated and characterized in detail. Sequence analysis of a …

Integrons were detected in 59 of 120 (49%) urinary isolates of Enterobacteriaceae by PCR
using degenerate primers targeted to conserved regions of class 1, 2, and 3 integrase …

Bacteria can transfer genetic information to provide themselves with protection against most
antibiotics. The acquisition of resistance gene arrays involves genetic mobile elements like …