Genetic analysis of regions involved in replication and cadmium resistance of the plasmid pND302 from Lactococcus lactis

Plasmid

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-90

  Liu, Chun Qiang ^b   Khunajakr, Nongpanga ^b   Chia, Lian G ^b   Deng, Yi Mo ^b   Charoenchai, Pilaiwan ^b   Dunn, Noel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CADMIUM; DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030801278     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1997.1301     Document Type: Article

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