Analyses of traA, int-Tn, and xis-Tn mutations in the conjugative transposon Tn916 in Enterococcus faecalis

Plasmid

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-208

  Jaworski, Deborah D ^a   Flannagan, Susan E ^a   Clewell, Don B ^a,b,c  

^a School of Dentistry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030295023     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0047     Document Type: Article

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