The origin of transfer (oriT) of the enterococcal, pheromone- responding, cytolysin plasmid pAD1 is located within the repA determinant

Plasmid

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-94

  An, Florence Y ^a   Clewell, Don B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030982862     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.1270     Document Type: Article

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