Curing of F-like plasmid TP181 by plumbagin is due to interference with both replication and maintenance functions

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2399-2406

  Lakshmi, V V ^a,b   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

ccd locus; Plasmid curing; Plumbagin; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

1,4 NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PLUMBAGIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029780736     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2399     Document Type: Article

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