PMC

Linear representation of the pVir plasmid, illustrating the location of each predicted coding region with the direction of transcription indicated by the arrowhead. The predicted protein-coding regions are colored based on their annotation (red, similarity to type IV secretion proteins; blue, similarity to H. pylori proteins encoded by the plasticity zone gene; green, similarity to proteins of predicted function; yellow, similarity to C. jejuni NCTC 11168 chromosomal genes; black, C. jejuni plasmid-specific proteins). Vertical hash marks, below the linear plasmid, are located every 1 kb. The locations of the repeats described in the text are shown as grey bars.