Two dnaB genes are associated with the origin of replication of pQBR55, an exogenously isolated plasmid from the rhizosphere of sugar beet

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 209-215

  Turner, Sarah L ^a   Lilley, Andrew K ^a   Bailey, Mark J ^a  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mercury resistance; oriV; Phytosphere; Pseudomonad

Indexed keywords

DNA A; DNA B; PLASMID DNA;

GENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHIZOSPHERE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUGAR BEET;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0036850918     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(02)00346-X     Document Type: Article

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