In vitro replication of mitochondrial plasmid mp1 from the higher plant Chenopodium album (L.): A remnant of bacterial rolling circle and conjugative plasmids?

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1005-1015

  Backert, Steffen ^a,c   Kunnimalaiyaan, Muthusamy ^a   Börner, Thomas ^b   Nielsen, Brent L ^a   Kunnimalaiyann, M ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chenopodium album; Double stranded origin; Electron microscopy; Mitochondrial plasmid; Rolling circle replication

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGHER PLANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032509092     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2254     Document Type: Article

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