Diversity of repC plasmid-replication sequences in Rhizobium leguminosarum

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1705-1713

  Turner, Sarah L ^a   Rigottier Gois, Lionel ^b   Power, Rowena S ^a,c   Amarger, Noëlle ^b   Young, J Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Plasmid probes; repC; Rhizobium leguminosarum plasmids

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; GENE REPLICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029884317     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-7-1705     Document Type: Article

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