Bacterial insertion sequences: their genomic impact and diversity

P Siguier, E Gourbeyre… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Insertion sequences (ISs), arguably the smallest and most numerous autonomous
transposable elements (TEs), are important players in sha** their host genomes. This …

Insertion sequences in prokaryotic genomes

P Siguier, J Filée, M Chandler - Current opinion in microbiology, 2006 - Elsevier
Insertion sequences (ISs) are small DNA segments that are often capable of moving
neighbouring genes. Over 1500 different ISs have been identified to date. They can have …

Toxin–antitoxin loci are highly abundant in free-living but lost from host-associated prokaryotes

DP Pandey, K Gerdes - Nucleic acids research, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Prokaryotic chromosomes code for toxin–antitoxin (TA) loci, often in multiple copies. In E.
coli, experimental evidence indicates that TA loci are stress-response elements that help …

The Genome of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, a Model Organism of the Crenarchaeota

L Chen, K Brügger, M Skovgaard… - Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius is an aerobic thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon which grows
optimally at 80° C and pH 2 in terrestrial solfataric springs. Here, we describe the genome …

Genesis, effects and fates of repeats in prokaryotic genomes

TJ Treangen, AL Abraham, M Touchon… - FEMS microbiology …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
DNA repeats are causes and consequences of genome plasticity. Repeats are created by
intrachromosomal recombination or horizontal transfer. They are targeted by recombination …

Genome Analyses of Icelandic Strains of Sulfolobus islandicus, Model Organisms for Genetic and Virus-Host Interaction Studies

L Guo, K Brügger, C Liu, SA Shah, H Zheng… - Journal of …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
The genomes of two Sulfolobus islandicus strains obtained from Icelandic solfataras were
sequenced and analyzed. Strain REY15A is a host for a versatile genetic toolbox. It exhibits …

Biotechnology of extremely thermophilic archaea

CT Straub, JA Counts, DMN Nguyen… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Although the extremely thermophilic archaea (Topt≥ 70° C) may be the most primitive
extant forms of life, they have been studied to a limited extent relative to mesophilic …

The role of IS6110 in the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

CRE McEvoy, NCG van Pittius, TC Victor… - Tuberculosis, 2007 - Elsevier
Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex contain the transposable element
IS6110 which, due to its high numerical and positional polymorphism, has become a widely …

Genome analysis and genome-wide proteomics of Thermococcus gammatolerans, the most radioresistant organism known amongst the Archaea

Y Zivanovic, J Armengaud, A Lagorce, C Leplat… - Genome biology, 2009 - Springer
Background Thermococcus gammatolerans was isolated from samples collected from
hydrothermal chimneys. It is one of the most radioresistant organisms known amongst the …

Insertion sequence diversity in archaea

J Filée, P Siguier, M Chandler - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Insertion sequences (ISs) can constitute an important component of prokaryotic (bacterial
and archaeal) genomes. Over 1,500 individual ISs are included at present in the ISfinder …