Genomic Islands
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Distinct units in some bacterial, bacteriophage or plasmid GENOMES that are types of MOBILE GENETIC ELEMENTS. Encoded in them are a variety of fitness conferring genes, such as VIRULENCE FACTORS (in "pathogenicity islands or islets"), ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE genes, or genes required for SYMBIOSIS (in "symbiosis islands or islets"). They range in size from 10 - 500 kilobases, and their GC CONTENT and CODON usage differ from the rest of the genome. They typically contain an INTEGRASE gene, although in some cases this gene has been deleted resulting in "anchored genomic islands".
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D044404
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MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.570.080.708.330.330 G05.360.080.708.330.330 G05.360.340.024.425.500
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Concept/Terms |
Genomic Islands- Genomic Islands
- Genomic Island
- Island, Genomic
- Islands, Genomic
Genomic Islets- Genomic Islets
- Genomic Islet
- Islet, Genomic
- Islets, Genomic
Symbiosis Islets- Symbiosis Islets
- Islet, Symbiosis
- Islets, Symbiosis
- Symbiosis Islet
Pathogenicity Islets- Pathogenicity Islets
- Islet, Pathogenicity
- Islets, Pathogenicity
- Pathogenicity Islet
Symbiosis Islands- Symbiosis Islands
- Island, Symbiosis
- Islands, Symbiosis
- Symbiosis Island
Anchored Genomic Islands- Anchored Genomic Islands
- Anchored Genomic Island
- Genomic Island, Anchored
- Genomic Islands, Anchored
- Island, Anchored Genomic
- Islands, Anchored Genomic
Pathogenicity Islands- Pathogenicity Islands
- Island, Pathogenicity
- Islands, Pathogenicity
- Pathogenicity Island
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2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Genomic Islands" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Ali A, Naz A, Soares SC, Bakhtiar M, Tiwari S, Hassan SS, Hanan F, Ramos R, Pereira U, Barh D, Figueiredo HC, Ussery DW, Miyoshi A, Silva A, Azevedo V. Pan-genome analysis of human gastric pathogen H. pylori: comparative genomics and pathogenomics approaches to identify regions associated with pathogenicity and prediction of potential core therapeutic targets. Biomed Res Int. 2015; 2015:139580.
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