Hypothesis: Hypersensitive plasmid copy number control for ColE1

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-145

  Ehrenberg, Måns ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030061351     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79555-3     Document Type: Article

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