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• TITLE: Transposable elements in Escherichia coli antimicrobial resistance

  AUTHORS: Archana Iyer, Elie Barbour, Esam Azhar, Alaaeddin Ali El Salabi, Hani Mutlak A. Hassan, Ishtiaq Qadri, Adeel Chaudhary, Adel Abuzenadah, Taha Kumosani, Ghazi Damanhouri, Maha Alawi, Tarek Na’was, Afif M. Abdel Nour, Steve Harakeh

  KEYWORDS: Transposable Elements; E. coli; Antimicrobial Resistance; Integrons

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, Vol.4 No.3A, March 29, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Transposable elements are capable of switching their positions on the genome thereby causing gene arrangements and contributing to genome evolution. The aim of this review is to specifically discuss the role of transposable elements in transferring antimicrobial resistance genes in E. coli, thus contributing to increase in virulence and conferring the possibility of multidrug resistance. Different types of transposable elements such as transposons and integrons and their profound influence on E. coli antimicrobial resistance are the focus of this review.