Comparative analysis of eight Arthrobacter plasmids

Plasmid

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-85

  Jerke, Kurt ^a   Nakatsu, Cindy H ^b   Beasley, Fred ^b   Konopka, Allan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrobacter; Conjugation; Partitioning; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COUPLING PROTEIN; RELAXASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SECRETION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SPECIES COMPARISON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, CONCATENATED; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARTHROBACTER;

EID: 39549104498     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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