Integrons are genetic elements that allow bacteria to adapt and evolve rapidly through the stockpiling and expression of new genes.
These genes are embedded in a specific genetic structure called gene cassette that generally carries one promoterless open reading frame + recombination site.
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Integrons are genetic elements that contain the site specific recombination system able to integrate, express and exchange specific DNA elements called gene cassettes.
Integrons are not considered as a mobile elements because they lack function for the mobility.
Integrons are consists of:
A regulatory region
An open reading frame encoding a site-specific recombinase
A target site for the recombinase
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