Mobilization of 'nonmobilizable' plasmids by the aggregation-mediated conjugation system of Bacillus thuringiensis

Plasmid

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-85

  Andrup, Lars ^a   Jørgensen, Ole ^a   Wilcks, Andrea ^a   Smidt, Lasse ^a   Jensen, Gert B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INTERACTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030250185     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0035     Document Type: Article

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