Complete DNA sequence and analysis of an emerging cryptic plasmid isolated from Yersinia pestis

Plasmid

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 144-148

  Dong, Xing Qi ^a   Lindler, Luther E ^b   Chu, May C ^c  

^a Yunnan Prov Inst Epidem Dis C   (China)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Plasmid; Y. pestis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLAGUE; PLASMID; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RODENTIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0034104072     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1999.1432     Document Type: Article

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