Molecular analysis of the replication region of the pCIZ2 plasmid from the multiple bacteriocin producer strain Enterococcus faecium L50

Plasmid

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-189

  Criado, R ^a   Gutierrez J ^a   Budin Verneuil, A ^b   Hernandez P E ^a   Hartke, A ^b   Cintas, L M ^a   Auffray, Y ^b   Benachour, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; Minimal replicon; pCIZ2 plasmid; Shuttle vector; Theta replication

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; BACTERIOCIN; DNA FRAGMENT; NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PLASMID PCIZ2; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE DOSAGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 53549134928     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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