Precise determination, cross-recognition, and functional analysis of the double-strand origins of the rolling-circle replication plasmids in haloarchaea

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 5710-5719

  Zhou, Ligang ^a,b   Zhou, Meixian ^a,c   Sun, Chaomin ^a,d   Han, Jing ^a,b   Lu, Qiuhe ^a,b   Zhou, Jian ^a   Xiang, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOARCULA; HYBRID; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NATRINEMA; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIA; NATRINEMA;

EID: 49449118959     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00596-08     Document Type: Article

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