The genetic element pSSVx of the extremely thermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus is a hybrid between a plasmid and a virus
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- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 34 (2), 217-226
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01573.x
Abstract
A new Sulfolobus islandicus strain, REY15/4, harboured both a novel fusellovirus, SSV2, and a small plasmid, pSSVx. The plasmid spread in S. solfataricus P1 together with the virus after infection wi...Keywords
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