Genomic and functional characterization of the modular broad-host-range RA3 plasmid, the archetype of the IncU group

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4119-4132

  Kulinska, Anna ^a   Czeredys, Magdalena ^a,c   Hayes, Finbarr ^b   Jagura Burdzy, Grazyna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAINTENANCE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMERICAN SOCIETY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; CLASS I; DNA-BINDING DOMAIN (DBD); FIRMICUTES; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; FUNCTIONAL MODULES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; INITIATION (ELECTRIC DISCHARGES); MOBILE ELEMENTS; OPEN READING FRAME (ORF); REPLICATION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORS;

HEALTH;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN REPA; PROTEIN REPB;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE; GENOME; GENOMICS; HOST RANGE; PLASMID; PROTEIN;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE CASSETTE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HOST RANGE; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REPA GENE; REPB GENE; REPLICON; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEOBACTERIA; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 46949101915     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00229-08     Document Type: Article

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