title: Characterization of the small cryptic plasmid, pIMVS1, of Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence has been determined of a small cryptic plasmid of Salmonella Typhimurium, designated pIMVS1, which correlated with an outbreak of gastroenteritis. This plasmid has a size of 3357 bp with no known functions. It does not encode any protein products but shows homology to several well-characterized plasmids. The replication system with RNAI and RNAII and the replication origin (oriV) is highly similar to that of plasmid p15A. It also has a putative mobilisation origin similar to that of ColE1.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Microbiology, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Astill
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Heuzenroeder
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010957:Plasmids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial