A small cryptic plasmid from Ruminobacter amylophilus NIAH-3 possesses functional mobilization properties

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-48

  Ogata, Koretsugu ^a   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^b   Aminov, Roustam I ^d   Tajima, Kiyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Mutsumi ^a   Nagamine, Takafumi ^a   Matsui, Hiroki ^a   Benno, Yoshimi ^a,c  

^a STAFF Institute   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobilizable cryptic plasmid; Ruminobacter amylophilus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMEN MICROORGANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RUMEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RUMINOBACTER AMYLOPHILUS;

EID: 0032727726     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00512-1     Document Type: Article

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