The RepA _ N replicons of Gram-positive bacteria: A family of broadly distributed but narrow host range plasmids

Plasmid

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 94-109

  Weaver, Keith E ^a   Kwong, Stephen M ^b   Firth, Neville ^b   Francia, Maria Victoria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gram positive bacteria; Plasmid evolution; Plasmid replication; Plasmid stability

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; REPLICATION FACTOR A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA REPLICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EUBACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPA N REPLICON; REPLICON; REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UREAPLASMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA HELICASES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIRMICUTES; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 58849141975     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2008.11.004     Document Type: Review

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