Characterization of the minimal replicon of pHM300 and independent copy number control of major and minor chromosomes of Haloferax mediterranei

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 339, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-74

  Liu, Xiaoqing ^a   Miao, Di ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Wu, Zhenfang ^a   Liu, Jingfang ^a   Xiang, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Copy number; Haloarchaea; Minichromosome; Minimal replicon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CDC6K GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DOSAGE; HALOARCULA HISPANICA; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TBP4 GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DOSAGE; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HALOARCULA HISPANICA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI;

EID: 84872406731     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12052     Document Type: Article

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