Conjugative plasmid pAW63 brings new insights into the genesis of the Bacillus anthracis virulence plasmid pXO2 and of the Bacillus thuringiensis plasmid pBT9727

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Van der Auwera, Géraldine A ^a   Andrup, Lars ^b   Mahillon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHRONOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYPOTHESIS; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS; LISTERIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KONKUKIAN; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LISTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 25444466187     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-103     Document Type: Article

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