A new minimal replicon of Bacillus anthracis plasmid pXO1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 5134-5146

  Pomerantsev, Andrei P ^a   Camp, Andrew ^a   Leppla, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA; HELICASE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PLASMID PROTEIN PX01; PROTEIN ORF14; PROTEIN ORF16; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GERMINATION; LOXP SITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PXO1 14 GENE; PXO1 16 GENE; REPLICON; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; MODELS, GENETIC; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 67749120325     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00422-09     Document Type: Article

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