Characterization of a novel cryptic plasmid, pHLHK26, in Laribacter hongkongensis

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-147

  Woo, Patrick C Y ^a,b   Teng, Jade L L ^a   Ma, Shirley S L ^a   Lau, Susanna K P ^a,b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Laribacter hongkongensis; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME PARTITION PROTEINS, BACTERIAL; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNAA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; HELICASE; PHOSPHATASE; RECOMBINASE; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEISSERIACEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA HELICASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIACEAE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINASES; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ARDEIDAE; LARIBACTER HONGKONGENSIS;

EID: 34250863337     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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