Transcription-induced deletions in plasmid vectors: M13 DNA replication as a source of instability

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 398-403

  Vilette, Didier ^a,b   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a   Michel, Bénédicte ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Illegitimate recombination; Incompatibility; Replication blockage; Rolling circle replication

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE DELETION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC STABILITY; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029805686     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02173004     Document Type: Article

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