Genetic profile of pNOB8 from Sulfolobus: the first conjugative plasmid from an archaeon

• Published in: Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 417 - 425
• Main Authors: She, Q, Phan, H, Garrett, R A, Albers, S V, Stedman, K M, Zillig, W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.11.1998
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Base Sequence; Conjugation, Genetic; DNA Transposable Elements; DNA, Archaeal; Gene Deletion; Genetic Variation; Molecular Sequence Data; Open Reading Frames; Plasmids; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Space life sciences; Sulfolobus - genetics

The complete nucleotide sequence of the archaeal conjugative plasmid, pNOB8, from the Sulfolobus isolate NOB8-H2, was determined. The plasmid is 41,229 bp in size and contains about 50 ORFs. Several direct sequence repeats are present, the largest of which is a perfect 85-bp repeat and a site of int...