Identification of two linear plasmids in the actinomycete Planobispora rosea

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2819-2825

  Polo, Simona ^a,c   Guerini, Oscar ^a   Sosio, Margherita ^b   Dehò, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Biosearch Italia   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actinomycetales; Inverted repeats; Replication; Telomeres; Terminal protein

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; GE 2270; PLASMID DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANOBISPORA ROSEA; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLANOBISPORA ROSEA; STREPTOMYCES; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031764020     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-10-2819     Document Type: Article

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