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    Staphylococcal Plasmids, Transposable and Integrative Elements

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    Authors
    Firth, N.
    Jensen, S.
    Kwong, S.
    Skurray, R.
    Ramsay, Joshua
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Firth, N. and Jensen, S. and Kwong, S. and Skurray, R. and Ramsay, J. 2018. Staphylococcal Plasmids, Transposable and Integrative Elements. Microbiology Spectrum. 6 (6).
    Source Title
    Microbiology Spectrum
    DOI
    10.1128/microbiolspec.GPP3-0030-2018
    ISSN
    2165-0497
    School
    School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74791
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Strains of Staphylococcus aureus, and to a lesser extent other staphylococcal species, are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. An important factor in the notoriety of these organisms stems from their frequent resistance to many antimicrobial agents used for chemotherapy. This review catalogues the variety of mobile genetic elements that have been identified in staphylococci, with a primary focus on those associated with the recruitment and spread of antimicrobial resistance genes. These include plasmids, transposable elements such as insertion sequences and transposons, and integrative elements including ICE and SCC elements. In concert, these diverse entities facilitate the intra- and inter-cellular gene mobility that enables horizontal genetic exchange, and have also been found to play additional roles in modulating gene expression and genome rearrangement.

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