Functional interactions between homologous conditional killer systems of plasmid and chromosomal origin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-56

  Santos Sierra, Sandra ^a   Giraldo, Rafael ^a   Díaz Orejas, Ramón ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

chpA and parD interaction; chpA operon; chpAI mutant; Conditional killer system; parD operon; Plasmid stability

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE; BACTERIAL TOXIN; HYDROXYLAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; R FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030787581     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00177-8     Document Type: Article

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