An essential feature of bacterial plasmids is their ability to replicate as autonomous genetic
elements in a controlled way within the host. Therefore, they can be used to explore the …

SUMMARY “Common regions”(CRs), such as Orf513, are being increasingly linked to mega-
antibiotic-resistant regions. While their overall nucleotide sequences show little identity to …

Conjugative transfer of bacterial plasmids is the most efficient way of horizontal gene
spread, and it is therefore considered one of the major reasons for the increase in the …

HUH endonucleases are numerous and widespread in all three domains of life. The major
function of these enzymes is processing a range of mobile genetic elements by catalysing …

Geminiviruses are DNA viruses which infect plants. They have a small genome and encode
only a few proteins. Therefore, their DNA replication cycle relies largely on the use of cellular …

Many bacterial plasmids replicate by a rolling-circle (RC) mechanism. Their replication
properties have many similarities to as well as significant differences from those of single …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the molecular biology of mastreviruses, drawing
analogies where necessary from research on curtoviruses and begomoviruses. The …

This review provides a historical perspective of the major findings that contributed to our
current understanding of plasmid rolling-circle (RC) replication. Rolling-circle-replicating …

ABSTRACT Replication of the single-stranded DNA genome of plant geminiviruses follows a
rolling circle mechanism, It strictly depends on a 'rolling circle replication initiator protein', the …

The IncQ plasmids have a broader host-range than any other known replicating element in
bacteria. Studies on the replication and conjugative mobilization of these plasmids, which …