Journal article
The complete sequence of the 1,683-kb pSymB megaplasmid from the N2-fixing endosymbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti
Abstract
Analysis of the 1,683,333-nt sequence of the pSymB megaplasmid from the symbiotic N(2)-fixing bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti revealed that the replicon has a high gene density with a total of 1,570 protein-coding regions, with few insertion elements and regions duplicated elsewhere in the genome. The only copies of an essential arg-tRNA gene and the minCDE genes are located on pSymB. Almost 20% of the pSymB sequence carries genes encoding …
Authors
Finan TM; Weidner S; Wong K; Buhrmester J; Chain P; Vorhölter FJ; Hernandez-Lucas I; Becker A; Cowie A; Gouzy J
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 98, No. 17, pp. 9889–9894
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publication Date
August 14, 2001
DOI
10.1073/pnas.161294698
ISSN
0027-8424
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Fields of Research (FoR)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Bacterial ProteinsCarbohydrate MetabolismCarrier ProteinsChaperoninsDNA, BacterialDrug Resistance, MicrobialEnzymesGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene LibraryGenes, BacterialLipopolysaccharidesMolecular Sequence DataNitrogen FixationPlasmidsRNA, Transfer, ArgReplication OriginRepliconSequence Analysis, DNASinorhizobium melilotiSpecies SpecificityTranscription, Genetic