Characterization of the stable maintenance of the Shigella flexneri plasmid pHS-2

Plasmid

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-190

  Réhel, Nicolas ^a   Szatmari, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

EID: 0030295166     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0045     Document Type: Article

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