Nucleotide sequence and characterization of the trbABC region of the IncI1 plasmid R64: Existence of the pnd gene for plasmid maintenance within the transfer region

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1491-1497

  Furuya, Nobuhisa ^a   Komano, Teruya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0029960031     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1491-1497.1996     Document Type: Article

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