Functional characterization of replication and stability factors of an incompatibility group P-1 plasmid from Xylella fastidiosa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7734-7740

  Lee, Min Woo ^a   Rogers, Elizabeth E ^a   Stenger, Drake C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; CLONING VECTORS; CO-EXPRESSION; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; DNA REPLICATIONS; E. COLI; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; IN-VITRO ASSAYS; N-TERMINALS; PLASMID STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REPLICATION INITIATION; SHUTTLE VECTOR; STABILITY FACTOR; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

ANTIBIOTICS; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH KINETICS; STABILITY;

TOXICITY;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PEMI PROTEIN, E COLI; PEMK PROTEIN, E COLI;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; EARTHWORM; INCOMPATIBILITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLASMID; SYMBIONT; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XYLELLA;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; OLIGOCHAETA; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XYLELLA;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 78650389175     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01921-10     Document Type: Article

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