Kinetics of conjugative transfer: A study of the plasmid pXO16 from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis

Plasmid

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-43

  Andrup, Lars ^a   Smidt, Lasse ^a   Andersen, Katja ^a   Boe, Lars ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CATALYSIS; MATING; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS;

EID: 0031823753     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1998.1346     Document Type: Article

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