Sequence of plasmid pGT5 from the archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi: Evidence for rolling-circle replication in a hyperthermophile

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3232-3237

  Erauso, Gael ^a   Marsin, Stephanie ^b   Benbouzid Rollet, Nadia ^b   Baucher, Marie France ^b   Barbeyron, Tristan ^a   Zivanovic, Yvan ^b   Prieur, Daniel ^a   Forterre, Patrick ^b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029941581     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3232-3237.1996     Document Type: Article

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