Estimation of plasmid loss rates in bacterial populations with a reference to the reproducibility of stability experiments

Plasmid

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-167

  Boe, L ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030295158     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0043     Document Type: Article

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