Structural and segregational stability of various replicons in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Plasmid

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 42-48

  Galli, Dominique M ^a,b   Polan Curtain, Jodie L ^a   LeBlanc, Donald J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CLONING VECTOR; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REPLICON;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030199479     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

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