Sequence, identification and effect on conjugation of the rmoA gene of plasmid R100-1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-66

  Nieto, J M ^a   Prenafeta, A ^a   Miquelay, E ^a   Torrades, S ^a   Juarez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hha; R100; RmoA; YmoA

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONJUGATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; R FACTORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0031788042     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00464-9     Document Type: Article

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