The plasmid prophage N15: A linear DNA with covalently closed ends

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 895-903

  Rybchin, Valentin N ^a   Svarchevsky, Alexander N ^a  

^a PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; CIRCULAR DNA; INTEGRASE; PLASMID DNA; RESOLVASE; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COLIPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032832751     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01533.x     Document Type: Article

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