Isolation and characterization of a ColE1-like plasmid from Enterobacter agglomerans with a novel variant of rom gene

Plasmid

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 210-219

  Mikiewicz, Diana ^a   Wróbel, Borys ^b   Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^b   Plucienniczak, Andrzej ^a  

^a INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PLASMID DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DNA REPLICATION; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEUS VULGARIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PROTEUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031280441     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1997.1312     Document Type: Article

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