The Tra2 core of the IncPα plasmid RP4 is required for intergeneric mating between Escherichia coli and Streptomyces lividans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6378-6381

  Giebelhaus, Leigh Ann ^a   Frost, Laura ^a   Lanka, Erich ^b   Gormley, Eamonn P ^c   Davies, Julian E ^d   Leskiw, Brenda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 0029910625     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6378-6381.1996     Document Type: Article

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