Identification and characterization of the origin of conjugative transfer (oriT) and a gene (nes) encoding a single-stranded endonuclease on the staphylococcal plasmid pGO1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4975-4983

  Climo, Michael W ^a,b   Sharma, Vijay K ^a   Archer, Gordon L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Endocrinology and Metabolism Section   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NES; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029784979     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.4975-4983.1996     Document Type: Article

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