Functional analysis of the Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pAD1-encoded stability determinant par

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-63

  Weaver, Keith E ^a   Jensen, Kristi D ^a   Colwell, Amy ^a   Sriram, Sai Leela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPLICON; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0029983026     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02488.x     Document Type: Article

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