Complete nucleotide sequence and genetic organization of the 210-kilobase linear plasmid of Rhodococcus erythropolis BD2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 5269-5274

  Stecker, Christiane ^a   Johann, Andre ^b   Herzberg, Christina ^b   Averhoff, Beate ^a,b   Gottschalk, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; TRANSPOSONS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0042389561     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.17.5269-5274.2003     Document Type: Article

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