Completion of the nucleotide sequence of the Enterococcus faecalis conjugative virulence plasmid pAD1 and identification of a second transfer origin

Plasmid

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-127

  Francia, M Victoria ^a   Haas, Wolfgang ^c,d   Wirth, Reinhard ^e   Samberger, Elke ^e   Muscholl Silberhorn, Albrecht ^e   Gilmore, Michael S ^c,d   Ike, Yasuyoshi ^f   Weaver, Keith E ^g   An, Florence Y ^a   Clewell, Don B ^a,b  

^a Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Ophthalmology ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^f GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PLASMID PAD1; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0034781272     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.2001.1533     Document Type: Article

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