Isolation and characterization of pLS1 plasmid mutants with increased copy numbers

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-91

  Acebo, Paloma ^a   Alda, María Teresa ^a   Espinosa, Manuel ^a   Del Solar, Gloria ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control of replication; Plasmid copy number; Selection of mutations

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RNA REPLICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029941411     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00165-6     Document Type: Article

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