Sequence and analysis of the 60 kb conjugative, bacteriocin-producing plasmid pMRC01 from Lactococcus lactis DPC3147

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1029-1038

  Dougherty, Brian A ^a,d   Hill, Colin ^b   Weidman, Janice F ^a   Richardson, Delwood R ^a   Venter, J Craig ^a   Ross, R Paul ^c  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^d BristolMyers Pharmaceutical Res I   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIOCINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031842606     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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