Conditionally lethal genes associated with bacterial plasmids

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3403-3416

  Holčík, Martin ^a,b   Iyer, V N ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial plasmids; Conditionally lethal genes; kil kor regulon; Post segregational killing; Stability determinants

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

CELL KILLING; CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0030713350     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-11-3403     Document Type: Review

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