Excision and integration of cassettes by an integron integrase of Nitrosomonas europaea

Grégory Léon; Paul H Roy

doi:10.1128/JB.185.6.2036-2041.2003

Excision and integration of cassettes by an integron integrase of Nitrosomonas europaea

J Bacteriol. 2003 Mar;185(6):2036-41. doi: 10.1128/JB.185.6.2036-2041.2003.

Authors

Grégory Léon¹, Paul H Roy

Affiliation

¹ Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec, Canada.

Abstract

We found in the environmental strain Nitrosomonas europaea a chromosomal integron-like structure with an integrase gene, intI(Neu). We have tested the capacity of the IntINeu integrase to excise and integrate several resistance gene cassettes. The results allow us to consider IntINeu a new functional integron integrase.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Attachment Sites, Microbiological
Base Sequence
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics
Integrases / genetics
Integrases / metabolism*
Molecular Sequence Data
Nitrosomonas / drug effects
Nitrosomonas / enzymology*
Nitrosomonas / genetics
Phylogeny
Plasmids
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Recombination, Genetic*
Sequence Alignment

Substances

Integrases
integron integrase IntI1