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 …

Plasmids of IncQ-family are distinguished by having a unique strand-displacement
mechanism of replication that is capable of functioning in a wide variety of bacterial hosts. In …

Plasmids belonging to Escherichia coli incompatibility group Q are relatively small
(approximately 5 to 15 kb) and able to replicate in a remarkably broad range of bacterial …

Regions of plasmid DNA encoding characteristic properties of the IncQ (P-4) group plasmid
R1162 were identified by mutagenesis and in vitro cloning. Coding sequences sufficient for …

Bacterial plasmids of Escherichia coli incompatibility group Q (IncQ) are broad-host-range
plasmids that are able to proliferate in almost all Gram-negative bacteria. They are small …

Plasmid Rms149, the archetype of Pseudomonas plasmid incompatibility group IncP-6, was
identified in Pseudomonas aeruginosa as an agent conferring resistance to streptomycin …

IncU plasmids are a distinctive group of mobile elements with highly conserved backbone
functions and variable antibiotic resistance gene cassettes. The IncU archetype is …

The traditional view on bacterial conjugative gene exchange is a gene flow from the plasmid-
containing donor strain into the plasmid-free recipient strain. When mobilization of non …

To understand the mechanisms for structural diversification of Pseudomonas-derived
toluene-catabolic (TOL) plasmids, the complete sequence of a self-transmissible plasmid …

The complete conjugal transfer gene region of the IncW plasmid R388 has been cloned in
multicopy vector plasmids and mapped to a contiguous 14.9-kilobase segment by insertion …