出典:Wiktionary
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/04 22:27 UTC 版)
An integron is a two component gene capture and dissemination system, initially discovered in relation to antibiotic resistance, and which is found in plasmids, chromosomes and transposons. The first component consists of a gene encoding a site specific recombinase along with a specific site for recombination, while the second component comprises fragments of DNA called gene cassettes which can be incorporated or shuffled.