title: Structural organization of pBC1, a cryptic plasmid from Bacillus coagulans.
abstract: The complete nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus coagulans plasmid pBC1 was determined. The sequence revealed an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 259 amino acids. This open reading frame shows sequence similarity to genes coding for replication-associated proteins in a group of gram-positive bacterial plasmids known to replicate via single-stranded intermediates. A region required for replication in cis, when the intact replicon is supplied in trans, was identified as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Microbiology, A. Buzzati Traverso, University of Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Rossi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Milano
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brigidi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Riccardi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012093:Replicon