Preferred Label : genomic islands;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : genomic island; islands, genomic; island, genomic;
MeSH hyponym : anchored genomic islands; pathogenicity islets; genomic islets; symbiosis islands; symbiosis islets; pathogenicity islands; Genomic Islet; Islet, Genomic; Islets, Genomic; Islet, Symbiosis; Islets, Symbiosis; Symbiosis Islet; Islet, Pathogenicity; Islets, Pathogenicity; Pathogenicity Islet; Island, Symbiosis; Islands, Symbiosis; Symbiosis Island; Anchored Genomic Island; Genomic Island, Anchored; Genomic Islands, Anchored; Island, Anchored Genomic; Islands, Anchored Genomic; Island, Pathogenicity; Islands, Pathogenicity; Pathogenicity Island;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogenicity island;
Is substance : O;
Origin ID : D044404;
UMLS CUI : C1257892;
Allowable qualifiers
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- Semantic type(s)
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.
