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Papers by G. Pascal
Marine Geology, 2002
The core of the Mediterranean Ridge backstop consists of a pile of Hellenic nappes that migrated ... more The core of the Mediterranean Ridge backstop consists of a pile of Hellenic nappes that migrated outward from the Aegean continent within the adjacent Mediterranean basins during late middle Miocene, about 15 Ma, and the present Mediterranean Ridge has developed since that time by accretion of a new wedge. The arguments we use are: (1) a similarity in thickness, seismic velocity and structure between the backstop and the Hellenic nappes in southern Peloponnesus; (2) the geometry of the westward limit of the backstop that is the one expected from the amount of relative displacement of the nappes on land; (3) an agreement between the estimated ages of the present accretionary wedge and the period of activity of two major faults connecting the backstop to the adjacent Aegean continent. The seaward limit of the backstop is situated about 170 km southwest of western Crete where the displacement of the nappes is maximal and it is close to the margin near the Ionian islands where their displacement is small. We assume that the Hellenic subduction zone migrated southwestward relative to Eurasia during middle Miocene and that the corresponding gravity collapse of the Aegean continent was maximum at this time because the westward extrusion of Anatolia had not yet started.
Reproduction, nutrition, development, 1986
The effects of a dietary alpha-linolenic acid (18 : 3 n-3) deficiency on reproduction and postnat... more The effects of a dietary alpha-linolenic acid (18 : 3 n-3) deficiency on reproduction and postnatal growth in rats were studied during 3 successive gestations and 4 successive generations. Female rats received respectively a semi-synthetic diet in which the lipids were incorporated either as sunflower oil at 1.5% (deficient diet) or as soya oil at 1.87% (control diet). Both diets supplied the same amount of linoleic acid (18 : 2 n-6) (940 mg/100 g of diet), but the sunflower oil supplied 22 times less alpha-linolenic acid than the soya diet (6 mg vs 130 mg/100 g of diet). The results showed that, in our experimental conditions, the alpha-linolenic acid deficiency had no effect on fecundity (% of pregnant females), fertility (number of pups/litter), pup birth weight, food intake and weight of pregnant or lactating females, or pup growth during suckling. However, this deficiency did cause abnormally high rates of perinatal mortality from birth to postpartum day 3, namely on the averag...
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism, 1990
Previous studies have shown that rats exposed to 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (T... more Previous studies have shown that rats exposed to 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCB) exhibit decreased liver vitamin A stores. The activity of retinyl ester hydrolase (REH), the enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of the storage form of vitamin A (retinyl esters) into free retinol, may therefore be altered by TCB. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of TCB on vitamin A distribution and on REH activity in the rat. REH activity was measured in liver homogenates and microsomes (650 micrograms protein), in Tris-maleate buffer 0.1 M at pH 7.2 in the presence of 150 mM CHAPS and 1.5 mM retinyl palmitate dispersed in Triton X-100 0.2%. Using these conditions, the kinetic parameters of the enzyme were determined and the inter-animal variation coefficient (10%) allowed statistical comparisons between experimental groups. Male Wistar rats of sufficient or deficient vitamin A status were treated IP with 340 mumol of TCB/kg. Vitamin A levels were significantly depressed in liver. REH activity was decreased about 20%, and serum retinol was decreased about 50%, independent of the initial vitamin A status of the animals. Vitamin A levels in lungs and testes were also decreased, suggesting that TCB could interfere with vitamin A delivery to target organs. The negative effect of TCB on REH activity in vivo was also observed when TCB was added in vitro to the incubation medium at concentrations near to those expected after in vivo treatment. TCB is a non-competitive inhibitor of retinyl palmitate hydrolase.
Cahiers de Nutrition et de Diététique, 2006
Tectonophysics, 1974
M., Isacks, B., Dubois, J. and Pascal, G., 1974. Seismic wave attenuation in the upper mantle ben... more M., Isacks, B., Dubois, J. and Pascal, G., 1974. Seismic wave attenuation in the upper mantle beneath the southwest Pacific. Tectonophysics, 24: 1-l 2.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1997
Progress in Lipid Research, 1986
Pediatric Dermatology, 1998
Woude syndrome, a genetic and congenital malformation syndrome with autosomal dominant inheritanc... more Woude syndrome, a genetic and congenital malformation syndrome with autosomal dominant inheritance and 70% to 80% penetrance with variable expressivity. It is characterized by clinical signs localized to the face, such as bilateral or unilateral pits on conical elevations in babies or extensive depressions in adults, both in the vermilion border of the lower lip, with cleft lip, with or without cleft palate and uvula. Small accessory or heterotopic salivary glands empty into sinuses or fistulas in the lips. This eight member family had various clinical signs of the condition. All had cleft lip and palate. We studied the major characteristics of the eight patients and describe histopathologic and immunohistochemical features.
Lipids, 1990
The fatty acid composition of serum total lipids, of phospholipids of various organs (liver, hear... more The fatty acid composition of serum total lipids, of phospholipids of various organs (liver, heart, kidney), and of nervous structures (brain, retina, sciatic nerve, myelin, synaptosomes) have been compared in lean (Fa/-) and genetically obese (fa/fa) Zucker female rats. Both received a standard commercial diet including 37% of 18:2n-6 and 5% of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), 1.7% of which were in the form of 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3. In comparison with lean rats, the results for the obese rats pointed out (i) no difference in the fatty acid composition of nervous structures; (ii) a decrease of 18:2n-6 (from -8% to -35%) and of 20:4n-6 (from -9% to -49%) in serum, liver and in kidney; this was compensated for by an increase in 20:3n-6 (from +30% to +320%) and in total n-3 PUFA (from +68% to +76%); (iii) a decrease of 20:4n-6 (-18%) and of 22:6n-3 (-24%) in heart compensated for by an increase in 18:2n-6 (+39%) and in 20:3n-6 (+233%); and (iv) constant levels of total PUFA (n-6 and n-3) in the various fractions studied, except in serum where this level decreased (-23%). Finally, except for the nervous structures, tissue phospholipids of obese rats included a lower proportion of 20:4n-6 and a higher proportion of 20:3n-6. This resulted in a significant reduction in the 20:4n-6/20:3n-6 ratio; by contrast, the 20:3n-6/18:2n-6 ratio increased. The results suggest that in Zucker rats, the obese character (fa/fa) affects the desaturation-elongation process of 18:2n-6 to 20:4n-6 by specifically decreasing delta 5-desaturase activity.
Lipids, 1990
OINSERM, Unit(~ 26, HOpitaJ Fernand Widal, 200, rue du Faubourg St. Denis, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, ... more OINSERM, Unit(~ 26, HOpitaJ Fernand Widal, 200, rue du Faubourg St. Denis, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, and b INRA-CRNZ, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
Lipids, 1987
The sciatic nerve of rats fed sunflower oil (6 mg 18:3n-3/100 g of diet) presented dramatic alter... more The sciatic nerve of rats fed sunflower oil (6 mg 18:3n-3/100 g of diet) presented dramatic alterations in the long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in comparison with those fed soy oil (130 mg 18:3n-3/100 g of diet). In both 15-day-old and 60-day-old animals fed sunflower oil, 22:6n-3 (cervonic acid) was fourfold less, 22:5n-6 was 10-fold greater; adrenic acid (22:4n-6) was slightly greater and arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) was close to that in rats fed soy oil. The percentage distribution of total polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as the individual saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids were the same in both groups.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1986
Rats were fed a semisynthetic diet containing
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1988
Wistar rats were fed for three generations with a semisynthetic diet containing either 1.5% sunfl... more Wistar rats were fed for three generations with a semisynthetic diet containing either 1.5% sunflower oil (940 mg% of C18:2n-6, 6 mg% of C18:3n-3) or 1.9% soya oil (940 mg% of Cl8:2n-6, 130 mg% of C18:3n-3). At 60 days of age, the male offspring of the third generation were killed. The fatty acyl composition of isolated capillaries and choroid plexus was determined. The major changes noted in the fatty acid profile of isolated capillaries were a reduction (threefold) in the level of docosahexaenoic acid and, consequently, a fourfold increase in docosapentaenoic acid in sunflower oil-fed animals. The total percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids was close to that in the soya oil-fed rats, but the ratio of n-3fn-6 fatty acids was reduced by threefold. In the choroid plexus, the C22:6n-3 content was also reduced, but by 2.6-fold, whereas the C22:5n-6 content was increased by 2.3-fold and the ratio of n-3111-6 fatty acids was reduced by 2.4-fold. When the diet of sunflower oil-fed rats was replaced with a diet containing soya oil at 60 days of age, the recovery in content of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids started immediately after diet substitution; it progressed slowly to reach normal values after 2 months for C22:6n-5 and 2.5 months for C22:6n-3. The recovery in altered fatty acids of choroid plexus was also immediate and very fast. Recovery in content of C22:5n-6 and C22:6n-3 was complete by 46 days after diet substitution. Key Words: Polyunsaturated fatty acids-Brain capillaries -Choroid plexus. Homayoun P. et al. Alteration in fatty acid composition of adult rat brain capillaries and choroid plexus induced by a diet deficient in n-3 fatty acids: Slow recovery after substitution with a nondeficient diet. J. Neurochem. 51,45-48 (1988).
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1984
Rats were fed through four generations with a semisynthetic diet containing 1 .O% sunflower oil (... more Rats were fed through four generations with a semisynthetic diet containing 1 .O% sunflower oil (6.7 mg/ g n-6 fatty acids, 0.04 mgig n-3 fatty acids). Ten days before mating, half of the animals received a diet in which sunflower was replaced by soya oil (6.6 mg/g n-6 fatty acids, 0.8 mg/g n-3 fatty acids) and analyses were performed on their pups. Fatty acid analysis in isolated cellular and subcellular material from sunflower-fed animals showed that the total amount of unsaturated fatty acids was not reduced in any cellular or subcellular fraction (except in 60-day-old rat neurons). All material from animals fed with sunflower oil showed an important reduction in the docosahexaenoic acid content, compensated (except in 60-day-old rat neurons) by an increase in the n-6 fatty acids (mainly C22:S n-6). When comparing 60-day-old animats fed with soya oil or sunflower oil, the n-31n-6 fatty acid ratio was reduced 16-fold in oligodendrocytes, 12-fold in myelin, twofold in neurons, sixfold in synaptosomes, and threefold in astrocytes. No trienes were detected. Saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids were hardly affected. This study provides data on the fatty acid composition of isolated brain cells. Key Words: Neurons-Astrocytes-Oligodendrocytes-Myelin-Synaptosomes-n-3 Fatty acids-Diet. Bourre J. M. et al. Alterations in the fatty acid composition of rat brain cells (neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes) and of subcellular fractions (myelin and synaptosomes) induced by a diet devoid of n-3 fatty acids. . (1971) Brain recovery from essential fatty acid deficiency in developing rats. J . Neurochem. 18, 869-882. 175-184.
Journal of Bacteriology, 2010
The diversity of the Escherichia coli species is in part due to the large number of mobile geneti... more The diversity of the Escherichia coli species is in part due to the large number of mobile genetic elements that are exchanged between strains. We report here the identification of a new integrative and conjugative element (ICE) of the pKLC102/PAGI-2 family located downstream of the tRNA gene pheU in the E. coli strain BEN374. Indeed, this new region, which we called ICEEc2, can be transferred by conjugation from strain BEN374 to the E. coli strain C600. We were also able to transfer this region into a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain and into a Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strain. This transfer was then followed by the integration of ICEEc2 into the host chromosome downstream of a phe tRNA gene. Our data indicated that this transfer involved a set of three genes encoding DNA mobility enzymes and a type IV pilus encoded by genes present on ICEEc2. Given the wide distribution of members of this family, these mobile genetic elements are likely to play an important role in the diversification of bacteria.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010
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Chemosphere, 1986
ABSTRACT
Cell Death and Differentiation, 2003
Marine Geology, 2002
The core of the Mediterranean Ridge backstop consists of a pile of Hellenic nappes that migrated ... more The core of the Mediterranean Ridge backstop consists of a pile of Hellenic nappes that migrated outward from the Aegean continent within the adjacent Mediterranean basins during late middle Miocene, about 15 Ma, and the present Mediterranean Ridge has developed since that time by accretion of a new wedge. The arguments we use are: (1) a similarity in thickness, seismic velocity and structure between the backstop and the Hellenic nappes in southern Peloponnesus; (2) the geometry of the westward limit of the backstop that is the one expected from the amount of relative displacement of the nappes on land; (3) an agreement between the estimated ages of the present accretionary wedge and the period of activity of two major faults connecting the backstop to the adjacent Aegean continent. The seaward limit of the backstop is situated about 170 km southwest of western Crete where the displacement of the nappes is maximal and it is close to the margin near the Ionian islands where their displacement is small. We assume that the Hellenic subduction zone migrated southwestward relative to Eurasia during middle Miocene and that the corresponding gravity collapse of the Aegean continent was maximum at this time because the westward extrusion of Anatolia had not yet started.
Reproduction, nutrition, development, 1986
The effects of a dietary alpha-linolenic acid (18 : 3 n-3) deficiency on reproduction and postnat... more The effects of a dietary alpha-linolenic acid (18 : 3 n-3) deficiency on reproduction and postnatal growth in rats were studied during 3 successive gestations and 4 successive generations. Female rats received respectively a semi-synthetic diet in which the lipids were incorporated either as sunflower oil at 1.5% (deficient diet) or as soya oil at 1.87% (control diet). Both diets supplied the same amount of linoleic acid (18 : 2 n-6) (940 mg/100 g of diet), but the sunflower oil supplied 22 times less alpha-linolenic acid than the soya diet (6 mg vs 130 mg/100 g of diet). The results showed that, in our experimental conditions, the alpha-linolenic acid deficiency had no effect on fecundity (% of pregnant females), fertility (number of pups/litter), pup birth weight, food intake and weight of pregnant or lactating females, or pup growth during suckling. However, this deficiency did cause abnormally high rates of perinatal mortality from birth to postpartum day 3, namely on the averag...
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism, 1990
Previous studies have shown that rats exposed to 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (T... more Previous studies have shown that rats exposed to 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCB) exhibit decreased liver vitamin A stores. The activity of retinyl ester hydrolase (REH), the enzyme responsible for the hydrolysis of the storage form of vitamin A (retinyl esters) into free retinol, may therefore be altered by TCB. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of TCB on vitamin A distribution and on REH activity in the rat. REH activity was measured in liver homogenates and microsomes (650 micrograms protein), in Tris-maleate buffer 0.1 M at pH 7.2 in the presence of 150 mM CHAPS and 1.5 mM retinyl palmitate dispersed in Triton X-100 0.2%. Using these conditions, the kinetic parameters of the enzyme were determined and the inter-animal variation coefficient (10%) allowed statistical comparisons between experimental groups. Male Wistar rats of sufficient or deficient vitamin A status were treated IP with 340 mumol of TCB/kg. Vitamin A levels were significantly depressed in liver. REH activity was decreased about 20%, and serum retinol was decreased about 50%, independent of the initial vitamin A status of the animals. Vitamin A levels in lungs and testes were also decreased, suggesting that TCB could interfere with vitamin A delivery to target organs. The negative effect of TCB on REH activity in vivo was also observed when TCB was added in vitro to the incubation medium at concentrations near to those expected after in vivo treatment. TCB is a non-competitive inhibitor of retinyl palmitate hydrolase.
Cahiers de Nutrition et de Diététique, 2006
Tectonophysics, 1974
M., Isacks, B., Dubois, J. and Pascal, G., 1974. Seismic wave attenuation in the upper mantle ben... more M., Isacks, B., Dubois, J. and Pascal, G., 1974. Seismic wave attenuation in the upper mantle beneath the southwest Pacific. Tectonophysics, 24: 1-l 2.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1997
Progress in Lipid Research, 1986
Pediatric Dermatology, 1998
Woude syndrome, a genetic and congenital malformation syndrome with autosomal dominant inheritanc... more Woude syndrome, a genetic and congenital malformation syndrome with autosomal dominant inheritance and 70% to 80% penetrance with variable expressivity. It is characterized by clinical signs localized to the face, such as bilateral or unilateral pits on conical elevations in babies or extensive depressions in adults, both in the vermilion border of the lower lip, with cleft lip, with or without cleft palate and uvula. Small accessory or heterotopic salivary glands empty into sinuses or fistulas in the lips. This eight member family had various clinical signs of the condition. All had cleft lip and palate. We studied the major characteristics of the eight patients and describe histopathologic and immunohistochemical features.
Lipids, 1990
The fatty acid composition of serum total lipids, of phospholipids of various organs (liver, hear... more The fatty acid composition of serum total lipids, of phospholipids of various organs (liver, heart, kidney), and of nervous structures (brain, retina, sciatic nerve, myelin, synaptosomes) have been compared in lean (Fa/-) and genetically obese (fa/fa) Zucker female rats. Both received a standard commercial diet including 37% of 18:2n-6 and 5% of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), 1.7% of which were in the form of 20:5n-3 and 22:6n-3. In comparison with lean rats, the results for the obese rats pointed out (i) no difference in the fatty acid composition of nervous structures; (ii) a decrease of 18:2n-6 (from -8% to -35%) and of 20:4n-6 (from -9% to -49%) in serum, liver and in kidney; this was compensated for by an increase in 20:3n-6 (from +30% to +320%) and in total n-3 PUFA (from +68% to +76%); (iii) a decrease of 20:4n-6 (-18%) and of 22:6n-3 (-24%) in heart compensated for by an increase in 18:2n-6 (+39%) and in 20:3n-6 (+233%); and (iv) constant levels of total PUFA (n-6 and n-3) in the various fractions studied, except in serum where this level decreased (-23%). Finally, except for the nervous structures, tissue phospholipids of obese rats included a lower proportion of 20:4n-6 and a higher proportion of 20:3n-6. This resulted in a significant reduction in the 20:4n-6/20:3n-6 ratio; by contrast, the 20:3n-6/18:2n-6 ratio increased. The results suggest that in Zucker rats, the obese character (fa/fa) affects the desaturation-elongation process of 18:2n-6 to 20:4n-6 by specifically decreasing delta 5-desaturase activity.
Lipids, 1990
OINSERM, Unit(~ 26, HOpitaJ Fernand Widal, 200, rue du Faubourg St. Denis, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, ... more OINSERM, Unit(~ 26, HOpitaJ Fernand Widal, 200, rue du Faubourg St. Denis, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, and b INRA-CRNZ, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
Lipids, 1987
The sciatic nerve of rats fed sunflower oil (6 mg 18:3n-3/100 g of diet) presented dramatic alter... more The sciatic nerve of rats fed sunflower oil (6 mg 18:3n-3/100 g of diet) presented dramatic alterations in the long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in comparison with those fed soy oil (130 mg 18:3n-3/100 g of diet). In both 15-day-old and 60-day-old animals fed sunflower oil, 22:6n-3 (cervonic acid) was fourfold less, 22:5n-6 was 10-fold greater; adrenic acid (22:4n-6) was slightly greater and arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) was close to that in rats fed soy oil. The percentage distribution of total polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as the individual saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids were the same in both groups.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1986
Rats were fed a semisynthetic diet containing
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1988
Wistar rats were fed for three generations with a semisynthetic diet containing either 1.5% sunfl... more Wistar rats were fed for three generations with a semisynthetic diet containing either 1.5% sunflower oil (940 mg% of C18:2n-6, 6 mg% of C18:3n-3) or 1.9% soya oil (940 mg% of Cl8:2n-6, 130 mg% of C18:3n-3). At 60 days of age, the male offspring of the third generation were killed. The fatty acyl composition of isolated capillaries and choroid plexus was determined. The major changes noted in the fatty acid profile of isolated capillaries were a reduction (threefold) in the level of docosahexaenoic acid and, consequently, a fourfold increase in docosapentaenoic acid in sunflower oil-fed animals. The total percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acids was close to that in the soya oil-fed rats, but the ratio of n-3fn-6 fatty acids was reduced by threefold. In the choroid plexus, the C22:6n-3 content was also reduced, but by 2.6-fold, whereas the C22:5n-6 content was increased by 2.3-fold and the ratio of n-3111-6 fatty acids was reduced by 2.4-fold. When the diet of sunflower oil-fed rats was replaced with a diet containing soya oil at 60 days of age, the recovery in content of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids started immediately after diet substitution; it progressed slowly to reach normal values after 2 months for C22:6n-5 and 2.5 months for C22:6n-3. The recovery in altered fatty acids of choroid plexus was also immediate and very fast. Recovery in content of C22:5n-6 and C22:6n-3 was complete by 46 days after diet substitution. Key Words: Polyunsaturated fatty acids-Brain capillaries -Choroid plexus. Homayoun P. et al. Alteration in fatty acid composition of adult rat brain capillaries and choroid plexus induced by a diet deficient in n-3 fatty acids: Slow recovery after substitution with a nondeficient diet. J. Neurochem. 51,45-48 (1988).
Journal of Neurochemistry, 1984
Rats were fed through four generations with a semisynthetic diet containing 1 .O% sunflower oil (... more Rats were fed through four generations with a semisynthetic diet containing 1 .O% sunflower oil (6.7 mg/ g n-6 fatty acids, 0.04 mgig n-3 fatty acids). Ten days before mating, half of the animals received a diet in which sunflower was replaced by soya oil (6.6 mg/g n-6 fatty acids, 0.8 mg/g n-3 fatty acids) and analyses were performed on their pups. Fatty acid analysis in isolated cellular and subcellular material from sunflower-fed animals showed that the total amount of unsaturated fatty acids was not reduced in any cellular or subcellular fraction (except in 60-day-old rat neurons). All material from animals fed with sunflower oil showed an important reduction in the docosahexaenoic acid content, compensated (except in 60-day-old rat neurons) by an increase in the n-6 fatty acids (mainly C22:S n-6). When comparing 60-day-old animats fed with soya oil or sunflower oil, the n-31n-6 fatty acid ratio was reduced 16-fold in oligodendrocytes, 12-fold in myelin, twofold in neurons, sixfold in synaptosomes, and threefold in astrocytes. No trienes were detected. Saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids were hardly affected. This study provides data on the fatty acid composition of isolated brain cells. Key Words: Neurons-Astrocytes-Oligodendrocytes-Myelin-Synaptosomes-n-3 Fatty acids-Diet. Bourre J. M. et al. Alterations in the fatty acid composition of rat brain cells (neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes) and of subcellular fractions (myelin and synaptosomes) induced by a diet devoid of n-3 fatty acids. . (1971) Brain recovery from essential fatty acid deficiency in developing rats. J . Neurochem. 18, 869-882. 175-184.
Journal of Bacteriology, 2010
The diversity of the Escherichia coli species is in part due to the large number of mobile geneti... more The diversity of the Escherichia coli species is in part due to the large number of mobile genetic elements that are exchanged between strains. We report here the identification of a new integrative and conjugative element (ICE) of the pKLC102/PAGI-2 family located downstream of the tRNA gene pheU in the E. coli strain BEN374. Indeed, this new region, which we called ICEEc2, can be transferred by conjugation from strain BEN374 to the E. coli strain C600. We were also able to transfer this region into a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain and into a Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strain. This transfer was then followed by the integration of ICEEc2 into the host chromosome downstream of a phe tRNA gene. Our data indicated that this transfer involved a set of three genes encoding DNA mobility enzymes and a type IV pilus encoded by genes present on ICEEc2. Given the wide distribution of members of this family, these mobile genetic elements are likely to play an important role in the diversification of bacteria.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2010
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Chemosphere, 1986
ABSTRACT
Cell Death and Differentiation, 2003