An origin of transfer (oriT) on the conjugative element pRS01 from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis ML3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1541-1544

  Mills, David A ^a,b   Phister, Trevor G ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a   Mckay, Larry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENE DELETION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031979749     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1541-1544.1998     Document Type: Article

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