Identification and Characterization of a pSLA2 Plasmid Locus Required for Linear DNA Replication and Circular Plasmid Stable Inheritance in Streptomyces lividans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6575-6582

  Qin, Zhongjun ^a,b   Shen, Meijuan ^b   Cohen, Stanley N ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; STREPTOMYCES; TELOMERE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 0242407494     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6575-6582.2003     Document Type: Article

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