A classification scheme for mobilization regions of bacterial plasmids

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-100

  Francia, M Victoria ^a,b   Varsaki, Athanasia ^c   Garcillán Barcia, M Pilar ^b   Latorre, Amparo ^d   Drainas, Constantin ^c   De La Cruz, Fernando ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial conjugation; Horizontal gene pool; Mobilizable plasmids; Relaxases

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DATA BASE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATING; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1242328685     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2003.09.001     Document Type: Review

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