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Mobile Genetic Elements

Known as: Mobile Genetic Element, Elements, Mobile Genetic, Genetic Elements, Mobile 
National Institutes of Health

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Interspersed Repetitive Sequences

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Review
2019
Review
2019
Evolutionary entanglement of mobile genetic elements and host defence systems: guns for hire
All cellular life forms are afflicted by diverse genetic parasites, including viruses and other types of mobile genetic elements… 
Review
2016
Review
2016
Staphylococcal chromosomal cassettes mec (SCCmec): A mobile genetic element in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Review
2015
Review
2015
Transfer of antibiotic-resistance genes via phage-related mobile elements.
Review
2014
Review
2014
Staphylococcus aureus toxins--their functions and genetics.
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Metagenomic Profiling of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Mobile Genetic Elements in a Tannery Wastewater Treatment Plant
Antibiotics are often used to prevent sickness and improve production in animal agriculture, and the residues in animal bodies… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Mobile genetic elements of the human gastrointestinal tract
The human intestine is an important location for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) due to the presence of a densely populated… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
A Rickettsia Genome Overrun by Mobile Genetic Elements Provides Insight into the Acquisition of Genes Characteristic of an Obligate Intracellular Lifestyle
ABSTRACT We present the draft genome for the Rickettsia endosymbiont of Ixodes scapularis (REIS), a symbiont of the deer tick… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Mobile Genetic Element-Encoded Cytolysin Connects Virulence to Methicillin Resistance in MRSA
Bacterial virulence and antibiotic resistance have a significant influence on disease severity and treatment options during… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Influence of industrial contamination on mobile genetic elements: class 1 integron abundance and gene cassette structure in aquatic bacterial communities
The acquisition of new genetic material via horizontal gene transfer allows bacteria to rapidly evolve. One key to estimating the… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
When phage, plasmids, and transposons collide: genomic islands, and conjugative- and mobilizable-transposons as a mosaic continuum.
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