Around all human activity, there are zones of pollution with pesticides, heavy metals,
pharmaceuticals, personal care products and the microorganisms associated with human …

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 are flexible gene-exchanging platforms that contain multiple cassettes encoding
accessory genes whose order is shuffled by a specific integrase. Integrons embedded within …

Integrons are genetic elements involved in bacterial adaptation which capture, shuffle and
express genes encoding adaptive functions embedded in cassettes. These events are …

The unique genetic makeup and remarkable competency of Vibrio cholerae are the key
factors that help the cholera pathogen adapt rapidly to adverse environmental conditions …

Antibiotics were one of the great discoveries of the 20th century. However, resistance
appeared even in the earliest years of the antibiotic era. Antibiotic resistance continues to …

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 able to acquire and rearrange open reading frames (ORFs)
embedded in gene cassette units and convert them to functional genes by ensuring their …

Gene cassettes are small mobile elements, consisting of little more than a single gene and
recombination site, which are captured by larger elements called integrons. Several …

Targeted killing of pathogenic bacteria without harming beneficial members of host
microbiota holds promise as a strategy to cure disease and limit both antimicrobial-related …