Integrons facilitate the capture of potentially adaptive exogenous genetic material by their
host genomes. It is now clear that integrons are not limited to the clinical contexts in which …

Integrons were first identified as the primary mechanism for antibiotic resistance gene
capture and dissemination among Gram-negative bacteria. More recently, their role in …

Integrons are versatile gene acquisition systems commonly found in bacterial genomes.
They are ancient elements that are a hot spot for genomic complexity, generating phenotypic …

Integrons were first identified because of their central role in assembling and disseminating
antibiotic resistance genes in commensal and pathogenic bacteria. However, these clinically …

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

Integrons are genetic elements first described at the end of the 1980s. Although most
integrons were initially described in human clinical isolates, they have now been identified …

Class 1 integrons are central players in the worldwide problem of antibiotic resistance,
because they can capture and express diverse resistance genes. In addition, they are often …

Although recently discovered, integrons have played a primordial role in the evolution of
bacterial genomes. They are best known as the genetic agents responsible for the capture …

Integrons are bacterial genetic elements that can capture, rearrange, and express mobile
gene cassettes. They are best known for their role in disseminating antibiotic-resistance …

Integrons are genetic elements that, although unable to move themselves, contain gene
cassettes that can be mobilized to other integrons or to secondary sites in the bacterial …