The Sanger Institute Pathogen Genomics group is sequencing a
number of plasmids from various sources. Sequence data for each
project will be made available for download (FTP site)
and searching (BLAST server)
once assemblies have begun. The annotation will be made
available upon publication. Please read our data release policy and guidelines and conditions on use of data.
In collaboration with Christopher Thomas (University of Birmingham), John Wain (Sanger Institute)
and the broader plasmid biology community (with advisors Anne Summers, Athens Georgia, USA and
Ron Skurray, Sydney, Australia) we are sequencing reference plasmids for each of the Escherichia coli
incompatibility groups for which no complete sequence exists, along with equivalent plasmids from
modern clinical isolates. These are all listed below. If you have a plasmid that might be interesting to sequence in this context please contact Christopher Thomas. The sequencing of plasmid pVL501 is in collaboration with Jonathan Fletcher (University of Bradford).
