Identification of a megaplasmid centromere reveals genetic structural diversity within the repABC family of basic replicons

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1559-1575

  MacLellan, Shawn R ^a   Zaheer, Rahat ^a   Sartor, Andrea L ^a   MacLean, Allyson M ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CENTROMERE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPABC GENE; REPLICON; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CENTROMERE; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPLICON; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33645067923     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05040.x     Document Type: Article

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