Species-dependent phenotypes of replication-temperature-sensitive trfA mutants of plasmid RK2: A codon-neutral base substitution stimulates temperature sensitivity by leading to reduced levels of trfA expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3793-3798

  Karunakaran, Ponniah ^a,b   Blatny, Janet Martha ^a   Ertesvåg, Helga ^a   Valla, Svein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031877410     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.15.3793-3798.1998     Document Type: Article

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