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Descriptor English: Integrons
Descriptor Spanish: Integrones
Descriptor integrones
Scope note: Elementos de ADN que contienen componentes genéticos y puntos de inserción para sistemas recombinantes de sitio especifico, capaces de capturar casetes de genes móviles.
Descriptor Portuguese: Integrons
Descriptor French: Intégrons
Entry term(s): Integron
Tree number(s): G02.111.570.080.708.330.200.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D032023
Scope note: DNA elements that include the component genes and insertion site for a site-specific recombination system that enables them to capture mobile gene cassettes.
Annotation: do not confuse with INTEGRINS (membrane glycoproteins)
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 37651
Unique ID: D032023
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Integrons - Preferred
Concept UI M0399675
Scope note DNA elements that include the component genes and insertion site for a site-specific recombination system that enables them to capture mobile gene cassettes.
Preferred term Integrons
Entry term(s) Integron



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