Autonomous plasmid-like replication of Bacillus ICEBs1: A general feature of integrative conjugative elements?: MicroCommentary

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-263

  Grohmann, Elisabeth ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HELICASE; PROTEIN NICK; PROTEIN PRCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTEGRATIVE CONJUGATIVE ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; PLASMIDS; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 74349121606     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06978.x     Document Type: Note

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