Structural Analysis of Four Large Plasmids Harboring in a Unicellular Cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

DNA Research

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 221-228

  Kaneko, Takakazu ^a   Nakamura, Yasukazu ^a   Sasamoto, Shigemi ^a   Watanabe, Akiko ^a   Kohara, Mitsuyo ^a   Matsumoto, Midori ^a   Shimpo, Sayaka ^a   Yamada, Manabu ^a   Tabata, Satoshi ^a  

^a KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Genome sequencing; Plasmid; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS;

CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0345600953     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/10.5.221     Document Type: Article

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