BctA: A novel pBF4 gene necessary for conjugal transfer in Bacteroides spp

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2155-2165

  Morgan, Roderick M ^a   Macrina, Francis L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; bctA; Conjugation; pBF4; Recombinational mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MIKAMYCIN B; RABBIT ANTISERUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUICIDE GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES SP.; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030741755     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2155     Document Type: Article

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