Closely related plasmid replicons coexisting in the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae show a mosaic organization of the replication region and altered incompatibility behavior

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3948-3953

  Sesma, Ane ^a   Sundin, George W ^b   Murillo, Jesús ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REPLICON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. GLYCINEA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO;

EID: 0031691123     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.10.3948-3953.1998     Document Type: Article

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