Multiple copies of MATE elements support autonomous plasmid replication in Aspergillus nidulans

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 427-434

  Aleksenko, Alexei ^a,b   Gems, David ^a,c   Clutterbuck, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029939997     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02629.x     Document Type: Article

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