Plasmid partitioning systems of conjugative plasmids from Clostridium perfringens

Plasmid

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-96

  Adams, Vicki ^a   Watts, Thomas D ^a   Bulach, Dieter M ^a,b   Lyras, Dena ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Life Sciences Computation Centre Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clostridium perfringens; Conjugative; ParM; ParR; Plasmid partitioning; Toxin plasmids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA HELICASE; PARM PROTEIN; PROTEIN PARC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; NONHUMAN; PARC GENE; PARMRC GENE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PLASMID PARTITIONING; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84938748732     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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