BackgroundThe Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1) is a 42.4 kb integrative mobilizable element containing several antibiotic resistance determinants embedded in a complex integron segment In104. The nu
We addressed the possibility of the horizontal transfer of long interspersed element (LINE)-like mobile elements by studying the distribution of the Drosophila melanogaster LINE-like element jockey in
Bacterial plasmids are self-replicating, extrachromosomal elements associated with a variety of phenotypic traits including virulence, enhanced fitness, and resistance to antimicrobial agents. They pl
