title: Resistance gene capture.
abstract: Integrons are the primary mechanism for antibiotic-resistance gene capture and dissemination among Gram-negative bacteria. The recent finding of super-integron structures in the genomes of several bacterial species has expanded their role in genome evolution and suggests that they are the source of mobile multi-resistant integrons.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Programmation Moléculaire et Toxicologie Genétique (UPMTG) Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) URA 1444 Département des Biotechnologies Institut Pasteur 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724, Paris, France.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rowe-Magnus
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mazel
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements