Divergence and conservation of the partitioning and global regulation functions in the central control region of the IncP plasmids RK2 and R751

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2167-2177

  Macartney, Donia P ^a   Williams, D Ross ^a   Stafford, Theresa ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IncP plasmids; Plasmid partitioning; Plasmid R751; Transcriptional repressor KorA; Transcriptional repressor KorB

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030741756     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2167     Document Type: Article

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