The conjugative plasmid pSG5 from Streptomyces ghanaensis DSM 2932 differs in its transfer functions from other Streptomyces rolling-circle-type plasmids

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2809-2817

  Maas, Ruth Maria ^a,b   Götz, Jörg ^a   Wohlleben, Wolfgang ^a   Muth, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Pock formation; Rolling circle replication; Streptomyces plasmids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONJUGATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES GHANAENSIS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES GHANAENSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0031764298     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-10-2809     Document Type: Article

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