Characterization of a theta plasmid replicon with homology to all four large plasmids of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551

Plasmid

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-189

  Stevenson, David M ^a   Kunnimalaiyaan, Muthusamy ^a   Müller, Kerstin ^a   Vary, Patricia S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium; Bacillus subtilis; Bacillus thuringiensis; Plasmid; Sporulation; Theta replication

Indexed keywords

DNA A; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PALINDROMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; REPLICON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031792623     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1998.1359     Document Type: Article

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