pSymA-dependent mobilization of the Sinorhizobium meliloti pSymB megaplasmid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6309-6312

  Blanca Ordóñez, Helena ^a   Oliva García, Juan J ^a   Pérez Mendoza, Daniel ^a   Soto, María J ^a   Olivares, José ^a   Sanjuán, Juan ^a   Nogales, Joaquina ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RELAXASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CIS ISOMER; HETEROZYGOTE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ORIT GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYMA GENE; PSYMB GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; TRAA2 GENE; TRANS ISOMER; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI 1021;

EID: 78649340259     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00549-10     Document Type: Article

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