Identification of cis- and trans-acting elements in pHW126, a representative of a novel group of rolling circle plasmids

Plasmid

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-76

  Rozhon, Wilfried ^a   Khan, Mamoona ^a   Petutschnig, Elena ^b   Poppenberger, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enterobacteria; Origin of replication; Rahnella; Replication protein; Rolling circle plasmid

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TANDEM REPEAT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; RAHNELLA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; RAHNELLA;

EID: 78650723603     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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