The repAC replication system of the Rhizobium leguminosarum pRL7 plasmid is functional: Implications regarding the origin and evolution of repABC plasmids

Plasmid

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-57

  Pérez Segura, Gabriela ^a   Pérez Oseguera, ángeles ^a   Cevallos, Miguel A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpha proteobacteria; Origin of replication; Plasmid evolution; Plasmid segregation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INITIATOR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM;

EID: 84871993296     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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