A novel plasmid gene involved in bacteriophage PRD1 infection and conjugative host-range

Plasmid

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 204-210

  Holčík, Martin ^a,b   Iyer, V N ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; SPHEROPLAST; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA;

EID: 0030152969     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0022     Document Type: Article

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