Selfish restriction modification genes: Resistance of a resident R/M plasmid to displacement by an incompatible plasmid mediated by host killing

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 429-436

  Naito, Yasuhiro ^a   Naito, Taku ^a   Kobayashi, Ichizo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Homologous recombination; Plasmid; Programmed cell death; Selfish gene

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL KILLING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031981856     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bchm.1998.379.4-5.429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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