Comparative genomics of pAKD4, the prototype IncP-1δ plasmid with a complete backbone

Plasmid

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 98-107

  Sen, Diya ^a   Yano, Hirokazu ^a   Suzuki, Haruo ^a,b   Król, Jaroslaw E ^a   Rogers, Linda ^a   Brown, Celeste J ^a   Top, Eva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad host range; Horizontal gene transfer; IncP 1 plasmid; Mercury resistance; Plasmid; Transposon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PLASMID PAKD4; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MERCURY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75549087004     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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