Nucleotide sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa conjugative plasmid pUM505 containing virulence and heavy-metal resistance genes

Plasmid

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-18

  Ramirez Diaz M I ^a,d   Diaz Magana A ^a   Meza Carmen, V ^a   Johnstone, L ^b   Cervantes, C ^a   Rensing, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chromate resistance; Mercury resistance; Plasmid; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHROMIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; MERCURY; PARAQUAT; PROTEIN PIL; PROTEIN VIRB4; PROTEIN VIRD4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIL GENE; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VIRB4 GENE; VIRD4 GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNAB HELICASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MERCURY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79958039189     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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