Plasmid replication and partition in Escherichia coli: Is the cell membrane the key?

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Firshein, William ^a   Kim, Peter ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031022298     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2061569.x     Document Type: Review

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