Evidence for past integration of IncP-1 plasmids into bacterial chromosomes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-169

  Chiu, Chung Min ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horizontal gene transfer; IncP 1 plasmid; KorB operator; Plasmid evolution; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 10444249598     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.10.016     Document Type: Article

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