Plasmids in Lactobacillus

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-272

  Wang, Tsung Tsan ^a   Lee, Byong H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lactobacillus; Plasmid application; Plasmid distribution; Plasmid function; Plasmid stability; Plasmid structure

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; POSIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

GENETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; PLASMID; REVIEW;

DNA, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0030633999     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388559709146615     Document Type: Article

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