A novel conjugative plasmid from Enterococcus faecalis E99 enhances resistance to ultraviolet radiation

Plasmid

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-25

  Coburn, Phillip S ^a   Baghdayan, Arto S ^a   Craig, Nikki ^a   Burroughs, Adam ^c   Tendolkar, Preeti ^a   Miller, Kris ^c   Najar, Fares Z ^b   Roe, Bruce A ^b   Shankar, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriocin; Bee locus; Conjugation; Enterococcus faecalis; PBEE99; Ultraviolet radiation resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE PHEROMONE CCF10; PHEROMONE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PURIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHEROMONES; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLASMIDS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

APOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 77953537725     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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