Effect of escherichia coli IHF mutations on plasmid p15A copy number

Plasmid

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 174-179

  Hiszczyńska Sawicka, Elzbieta ^a   Kur, Józef ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Histone like protein; ihf site; Integration host factor; orip 15A; pACYC177; pACYCI84; pBR322

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031278684     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1997.1307     Document Type: Article

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