Broad-host-range plasmid replication: An open question

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 661-666

  Del Solar, Gloria ^a   Alonso, Juan C ^b   Espinosa, Manuel ^a   Díaz Orejas, Ramón ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA REPLICATION; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CODON; DNA HELIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RANGE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; PLASMID REPLICATION; REPLICON;

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA HELICASE; INITIATION FACTOR; PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN TRFA1; PROTEIN TRFA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EID: 0029745989     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6611376.x     Document Type: Review

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