The poison-antidote stability system of the broad-host-range Thiobacillus ferrooxidans plasmid pTF-FC2

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 961-970

  Smith, Anthony S G ^a   Rawlings, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; POISON;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; THIOBACILLUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030709394     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.6332000.x     Document Type: Article

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