The centromere-like parC locus of plasmid R1

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 581-592

  Breüner, Anne ^a,b   Jensen, Rasmus Bugge ^a   Dam, Mette ^a   Pedersen, Susanne ^a,c   Gerdes, Kenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 0029985493     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.5351063.x     Document Type: Article

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