Nucleotide sequence and predicted functions of the entire Sinorhizobium meliloti pSymA megaplasmid

Authors
Barnett, MJ Fisher, RF Jones, T Komp, C Abola, AP Barloy-Hubler, F Bowser, L Capela, D Galibert, F Gouzy, J Gurjal, M Hong, A Huizar, L Hyman, RW Kahn, D Kahn, ML Kalman, S Keating, DH Palm, C Peck, MC Surzycki, R Wells, DH Yeh, KC Davis, RW Federspiel, NA Long, SR
Citation
Mj. Barnett et al., Nucleotide sequence and predicted functions of the entire Sinorhizobium meliloti pSymA megaplasmid, P NAS US, 98(17), 2001, pp. 9883-9888
Citations number
68
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ISSN journal
00278424 → ACNP
Volume
98
Issue
17
Year of publication
2001
Pages
9883 - 9888
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-8424(20010814)98:17<9883:NSAPFO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The symbiotic nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti contain s three replicons: pSymA, pSymB, and the chromosome. We report here the com plete 1,354,226-nt sequence of pSymA. In addition to a large fraction of th e genes known to be specifically involved in symbiosis, pSymA contains gene s likely to be involved in nitrogen and carbon metabolism, transport, stres s, and resistance responses, and other functions that give S. meliloti an a dvantage in its specialized niche.