Functional insights into pGI2, a cryptic rolling-circle replicating plasmid from Bacillus thuringiensis

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1519-1530

  Hoflack, Lieve ^a,b,e   Wilcks, Andrea ^c   Andrup, Lars ^c   Mahillon, Jacques ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

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

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Mobilization; Plasmid; Rolling circle replication; ssDNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 0032773235     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-7-1519     Document Type: Article

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