Large deletions in the pAtC58 megaplasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens can confer reduced carriage cost and increased expression of virulence genes

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1453-1464

  Morton, Elise R ^a   Merritt, Peter M ^a   Bever, James D ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Deletion; Genetic plasticity; Genomic rearrangements; Phage; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84890117917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt095     Document Type: Article

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