Svensk definition
Distinkta enheter i vissa bakterie-, bakteriofag- eller plasmidgenom som utgör ett slags rörliga genetiska element. I dessa finns en rad olika "anpassnings"-gener, som t ex virulensfaktorer (i patogenicitetsöar), antibiotikaresistensgener och symbiosgener. De varierar istorlek från 10 till 500 kilobaser, och deras bassammansättning (GC-innehåll) och codonanvändning skiljer sig från genomet i övrigt. De innehåller vanligtvis en integrasgen, men denna har i vissa fall eliminerats, vilket leder till förankrade genomöar.
Engelsk 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".
Svenska synonymer
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Engelska synonymer
Genomic Island — Island, Genomic — Islands, Genomic — Genomic Islets — Genomic Islet — Islet, Genomic — Islets, Genomic — Symbiosis Islets — Islet, Symbiosis — Islets, Symbiosis — Symbiosis Islet — Pathogenicity Islets — Islet, Pathogenicity — Islets, Pathogenicity — Pathogenicity Islet — Symbiosis Islands — Island, Symbiosis — Islands, Symbiosis — Symbiosis Island — Anchored Genomic Islands — Anchored Genomic Island — Genomic Island, Anchored — Genomic Islands, Anchored — Island, Anchored Genomic — Islands, Anchored Genomic — Pathogenicity Islands — Island, Pathogenicity — Islands, Pathogenicity — Pathogenicity Island