TraA is required for megaplasmid conjugation in Rhodococcus erythropolis AN12

Plasmid

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-70

  Yang, Joyce C ^a   Lessard, Philip A ^a   Sengupta, Neil ^a   Windsor, Steven D ^a   O'Brien, Xian M ^a   Bramucci, Michael ^b   Tomb, Jean Francois ^b   Nagarajan, Vasantha ^b   Sinskey, Anthony J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Gene targeting; Megaplasmid; Nickase; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Relaxase; Rhodococcus; Transfer

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; RELAXASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRAA GENE; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 33846024759     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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