Inactivation of the replication-termination system affects the replication mode and causes unstable maintenance of plasmid R1

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 723-735

  Krabbe, Margarete ^a,b   Zabielski, Jan ^a   Bernander, Rolf ^a   Nordström, Kurt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030911141     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3791747.x     Document Type: Article

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