Dimerization of plasmid DNA accelerates selection for antibiotic resistance

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-108

  Mazin, Alexander V ^a,b   Timchenko, Tatiana V ^a,c   Saparbaev, Murat K ^a,d   Mazina, Olga M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; R FACTORS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0029911813     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02492.x     Document Type: Article

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