title: Homology of a plasmid from the spirochete Treponema denticola with the single-stranded DNA plasmids.
abstract: The 2,647-bp nucleotide sequence of cryptic plasmid pTD1, isolated from the oral spirochete Treponema denticola, was determined. The sequence revealed two open reading frames, A and B, which encode polypeptides of 335 and 235 amino acids, respectively. Open reading frame A shows sequence similarity to genes that encode replication proteins from a group of plasmids common in gram-positive bacteria, which replicate via a single-stranded intermediate.
authors.affiliation: Unité Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: MacDougall
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Margarita
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Saint Girons
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014208:Treponema / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded