pHP489, a Helicobacter pylori small cryptic plasmid, harbors a novel gene coding for a replication initiation protein

Plasmid

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 236-241

  Song, Jae Young ^a   Park, Seong Gyu ^a   Kang, Hyung Lyun ^a,b   Lee, Woo Kon ^a   Cho, Myung Je ^a,b   Park, Jeong Uck ^a   Baik, Seung Chul ^a   Youn, Hee Shang ^a   Ko, Gyung Hyuck ^a   Rhee, Kwang Ho ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; pHP489; RepH; Rolling circle replication

Indexed keywords

HELICASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE DELETION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 10744224675     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-619X(03)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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