Comparative biology of two natural variants of the IncQ-2 family plasmids, pRAS3.1 and pRAS3.2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6436-6446

  Loftie Eaton, Wesley ^a   Rawlings, Douglas E ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRAS3 PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPLICON;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS;

EID: 70350457997     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00864-09     Document Type: Article

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