Conjugating plasmids are preferred targets for Tn7

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2145-2157

  Wolkow, Catherine A ^a   DeBoy, Robert T ^a   Craig, Nancy L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic resistance; conjugation; replication; target selection; Tn7; Transposition

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHROMOSOME; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029832183     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.17.2145     Document Type: Article

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