The A to Z of A/C plasmids

Plasmid

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-82

  Harmer, Christopher J ^a   Hall, Ruth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

A C plasmids; Antibiotic resistance; Conjugation; Replication

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; PROTEIN BET; PROTEIN EXO; PROTEIN GAM; TOXIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMPLICON; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DCM1 GENE; DCM2 GENE; DCM3 GENE; DNA MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPLICATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PLASMID A/C1; PLASMID A/C2; PLASMID A/C2 TYPE 1; PLASMID A/C2 TYPE 2; PLASMID RA1; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; REPA GENE; REVIEW; RHS GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN;

NEGIBACTERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84937795870     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2015.04.003     Document Type: Review

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