Characterization of a region of the IncHI2 plasmid R478 which protects Escherichia coli from toxic effects specified by components of the tellurite, phage, and colicin resistance cluster

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-71

  Whelan, Kenneth F ^a,b   Sherburne, Richard K ^a   Taylor, Diane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLICIN; TELLURIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ILEX COOKII; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031026281     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.1.63-71.1997     Document Type: Article

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