Structural and sequence requirements for the antisense RNA regulating replication of staphylococcal multiresistance plasmid pSK41

Plasmid

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-25

  Kwong, Stephen M ^a   Firth, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antisense RNA; Plasmid replication; Replication control; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; LEAD; MESSENGER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; LEAD; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84940007902     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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