Molecular analysis of the replication origin of the Lactococcus lactis plasmid pCI305

Plasmid

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-141

  Foley, Sophie ^a,b   Bron, Sierd ^b   Venema, Gerard ^b   Daly, Charles ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS;

EID: 0030248887     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0040     Document Type: Article

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