Mobile genetic elements

Parent category	5. Prophages and mobile genetic elements
Neighbouring categories	5.1. Prophages 5.2. Mobile genetic elements
Related categories	none
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

• conE
• helP
• immA
• immR
• int
• nicK
• pcrA
• phrI
• rapI
• xis
• yerB

Additional candidates (based on similarity)

• ydcQ
• yddB

Important publications

Kayla L Menard, Alan D Grossman
Selective pressures to maintain attachment site specificity of integrative and conjugative elements.
PLoS Genet: 2013, 9(7);e1003623
[PubMed:23874222] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jacob Thomas, Catherine A Lee, Alan D Grossman
A conserved helicase processivity factor is needed for conjugation and replication of an integrative and conjugative element.
PLoS Genet: 2013, 9(1);e1003198
[PubMed:23326247] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Catherine A Lee, Jacob Thomas, Alan D Grossman
The Bacillus subtilis conjugative transposon ICEBs1 mobilizes plasmids lacking dedicated mobilization functions.
J Bacteriol: 2012, 194(12);3165-72
[PubMed:22505685] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ana Babic, Melanie B Berkmen, Catherine A Lee, Alan D Grossman
Efficient gene transfer in bacterial cell chains.
mBio: 2011, 2(2);
[PubMed:21406598] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Sandy Thao, Jorge C Escalante-Semerena
Control of protein function by reversible Nɛ-lysine acetylation in bacteria.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2011, 14(2);200-4
[PubMed:21239213] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Elisabeth Grohmann
Conjugative transfer of the integrative and conjugative element ICEBs1 from Bacillus subtilis likely initiates at the donor cell pole.
J Bacteriol: 2010, 192(1);23-5
[PubMed:19854907] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)