Conjugation in gram-positive bacteria and kinetics of plasmid transfer

APMIS, Supplement

Volumn 106, Issue 84, 1998, Pages 47-55

  Andrup, Lars ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GENETICS; KINETICS; REVIEW;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; KINETICS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0031986923     PISSN: 0903465X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.1998.tb05648.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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