Isolation and characterization of a theta-type cryptic plasmid from Bifidobacterium longum FI10564

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-408

  Moon, Gi Seong ^a   Wegmann, Udo ^b   Gunning, A Patrick ^b   Gasson, Michael J ^b   Narbad, Arjan ^b  

^a Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium longum; Cryptic plasmid; Theta replication

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; NUCLEASE S1; PLASMID DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL GENE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CELL LYSATE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; THETA TYPE CRYPTIC PLASMID;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM;

EID: 67649312012     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0806.378     Document Type: Article

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