Role of the parCBA operon of the broad-host-range plasmid RK2 in stable plasmid maintenance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 6023-6030

  Easter, Carla L ^a,c   Schwab, Helmut ^b   Helinski, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031793414     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.6023-6030.1998     Document Type: Article

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