An 18-base-pair sequence is sufficient for termination of rolling- circle replication of plasmid pT181

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5222-5228

  Zhao, Adam C ^a   Khan, Saleem A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029841133     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.17.5222-5228.1996     Document Type: Article

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