Cloning and genetic analysis of the UV resistance determinant (uvr) encoded on the Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-responsive conjugative plasmid pAD1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7468-7475

  Ozawa, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tanimoto, Koichi ^a   Fujimoto, Shuhei ^a   Tomita, Haruyoshi ^a   Ike, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C; PHEROMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030711637     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7468-7475.1997     Document Type: Article

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