Mechanism of retrotransfer in conjugation: Prior transfer of the conjugative plasmid is required

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1457-1464

  Sia, Elaine Ayres ^a,b   Kuehner, Denise M ^a   Figurski, David H ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSFER; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029914819     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1457-1464.1996     Document Type: Article

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