As recently indiscriminate abuse of existing antibiotics in both clinical and veterinary
treatment leads to proliferation of antibiotic resistance in microbes and poses a dilemma for …

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 …

Integrons are genetic elements composed of a gene encoding an integrase, gene cassettes
and an integration site for the gene cassettes (att). The integrase excises and integrates the …

Antibiotic resistance development and pathogen cross-dissemination are both considered
essential risks to human health on a worldwide scale. Antimicrobial resistance genes …

The integron is a powerful system which, by capturing, stockpiling, and rearranging new
functions carried by gene encoding cassettes, confers upon bacteria a rapid adaptation …

Structured forms of DNA with intrastrand pairing are generated in several cellular processes
and are involved in biological functions. These structures may arise on single-stranded DNA …

Lateral DNA transfer—the movement of genetic traits between bacteria—has a profound
impact on genomic evolution and speciation. The efficiency with which bacteria incorporate …

As a major concern in public health, methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) still remains
one of the most prevalent pathogens that cause nosocomial infections throughout the world …