[HTML][HTML] The new IS1595 family, its relation to IS1 and the frontier between insertion sequences and transposons

P Siguier, L Gagnevin, M Chandler - Research in microbiology, 2009 - Elsevier
A picture of insertion sequence (IS) diversity is emerging in which previously well-defined
groups or families, while remaining tightly clustered, no longer have defined borders but …

Bacterial insertion sequences: their genomic impact and diversity

P Siguier, E Gourbeyre… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Insertion sequences (ISs), arguably the smallest and most numerous autonomous
transposable elements (TEs), are important players in shaping their host genomes. This …

An analysis of the IS6/IS26 family of insertion sequences: is it a single family?

CJ Harmer, RM Hall - Microbial genomics, 2019 - microbiologyresearch.org
The relationships within a curated set of 112 insertion sequences (ISs) currently assigned to
the IS 6 family, here re-named the IS 6/IS 26 family, in the ISFinder database were …

[HTML][HTML] The IS6 family, a clinically important group of insertion sequences including IS26

A Varani, S He, P Siguier, K Ross, M Chandler - Mobile Dna, 2021 - Springer
The IS 6 family of bacterial and archaeal insertion sequences, first identified in the early
1980s, has proved to be instrumental in the rearrangement and spread of multiple antibiotic …

Distribution of IS91 family insertion sequences in bacterial genomes: evolutionary implications

MP Garcillán-Barcia, F de la Cruz - FEMS microbiology ecology, 2002 - academic.oup.com
IS 91 is the prototype element of a family of bacterial insertion sequences that transpose by
a rolling-circle mechanism. Although previously considered a rarity among IS elements …

IS26 Family Members IS257 and IS1216 Also Form Cointegrates by Copy-In and Targeted Conservative Routes

CJ Harmer, RM Hall - Msphere, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT IS 26 has been shown to form cointegrates both by a copy-in mechanism
involving one insertion sequence (IS) and a target and by a targeted conservative …

Functional Organization of the Inverted Repeats of IS30

M Szabó, J Kiss, F Olasz - Journal of bacteriology, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
The mobile element IS 30 has 26-bp imperfect terminal inverted repeats (IRs) that are
indispensable for transposition. We have analyzed the effects of IR mutations on both major …

The IS 200/IS605 Family and “Peel and Paste” Single‐strand Transposition Mechanism

S He, A Corneloup, C Guynet, L Lavatine… - Mobile DNA …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Members of the widespread IS200/IS605bacterial insertion sequence (IS) family transpose
using obligatory single‐strand (ss) DNA intermediates. This distinguishes them from …

Copy‐out—Paste‐in Transposition of IS911: A Major Transposition Pathway

M Chandler, O Fayet, P Rousseau, BT Hoang… - Mobile DNA …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The bacterial insertion sequence, IS911, is a member of the large IS3family. It transposes
using a mechanism known as Copy‐out–Paste‐in. This is a major transposition pathway as …

ISbrowser: an extension of ISfinder for visualizing insertion sequences in prokaryotic genomes

P Kichenaradja, P Siguier, J Pérochon… - Nucleic acids …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Insertion sequences (ISs) are among the smallest and simplest autonomous transposable
elements. ISfinder (http://www-is. biotoul. fr/) is a dedicated IS database which assigns …