Identification of three extra-chromosomal replicons in Leptospira pathogenic strain and development of new shuttle vectors

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhu, Weinan ^a   Wang, Jin ^b   Zhu, Yongzhang ^a   Tang, Biao ^c   Zhang, Yunyi ^b   He, Ping ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Liu, Boyu ^a   Guo, Xiaokui ^a   Zhao, Guoping ^b,c   Qin, Jinhong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic transformation systems; Leptospira interrogans; Plasmid; Prophage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAB GENE; PROPHAGE; REP GENE; REPLICON; SHUTTLE VECTOR; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR LINHAI;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84924289820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1321-y     Document Type: Article

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