title: Isolation and evolutionary analysis of a RepFVIB replicon of the plasmid pSU212.
abstract: We have isolated at least two different replication regions from pSU401, a Tn802 insertion derivative of the IncFVI plasmid pSU212. One of the replication regions (RepFVIB) is highly homologous to the RepFIIA replicon of IncFII plasmids, and thus belongs to the RepFIIA family. We have also cloned the incompatibility determinant (incFVI) and the copy number control gene (cop) from RepFVIB and determined their nucleotide sequences. The analysis of the sequences supports the idea of a modular evolution of RepFIIA plasmids.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Andrés
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ortiz
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005784:Gene Amplification; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012093:Replicon; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial