Distribution and diversity of mycoplasma plasmids: Lessons from cryptic genetic elements

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Breton, Marc ^a,b   Tardy, Florence ^c   Dordet Frisoni, Emilie ^d   Sagne, Eveline ^d   Mick, Virginie ^c   Renaudin, Joël ^a,b   Sirand Pugnet, Pascal ^a,b   Citti, Christine ^d   Blanchard, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Univ Bordeaux   (France)

^c FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Mycoplasma,Plasmid,Replication,Rep protein,Gene transfer,Evolution, Expression vector,Mycoplasma mycoides,Mycoplasma capricolum,Mycoplasma yeatsii

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA YEATSII; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLASMID; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPLICON;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ENTOMOPLASMATACEAE; FIRMICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMA CAPRICOLUM; MYCOPLASMA MOBILE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; MYCOPLASMA YEATSII; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 84868640919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-257     Document Type: Article

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