rptA, a novel gene from Ensifer (Sinorhizobium) meliloti involved in conjugal transfer

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-30

  Pistorio, Mariano ^a   Torres Tejerizo, Gonzalo A ^a,b   Del Papa, María Florencia ^a   de los Angeles Giusti, María ^a   Lozano, Mauricio ^a   Lagares, Antonio ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Ensifer meliloti; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPTA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSPOSON;

CONJUGATION; ENSIFER MELILOTI; PLASMID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MEDICAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 84880131292     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12177     Document Type: Article

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