Characterization and sequence analysis of a stable cryptic plasmid from Enterococcus faecium 226 and development of a stable cloning vector

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1481-1486

  Wyckoff, Herb A ^a,d   Barnes, Mary ^b,e   Gillies, Kevin O ^c   Sandine, W E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rhone Poulenc Dairy Ingredients ^*  (United States)

^c Rhone Poulenc   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE SEGREGATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPLICON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029964682     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.4.1481-1486.1996     Document Type: Article

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