The finM promoter and the traM promoter are the principal promoters of the traM gene of the antibiotic resistance plasmid R100

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 455-467

  Stockwell, David T ^a   Dempsey, Walter B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; R PLASMID; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030725785     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5801948.x     Document Type: Article

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