Characterization of the Acinetobacter plasmid, pRAY, and the identification of regulatory sequences upstream of an aadB gene cassette on this plasmid

Plasmid

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-66

  Segal, Heidi ^a   Elisha, B Gay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Gene cassette; Promoter; R plasmid

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032840549     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1999.1403     Document Type: Article

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