Characterization of the functional replication origin of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Gene

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 121-130

  Qin, Ming Hui ^a   Madiraju, Murty V V S ^a   Rajagopalan, Malini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous replication; BCG; Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium bovis; oriC

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE ORDER; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032807328     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00148-1     Document Type: Article

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