Replication mechanism and sequence analysis of the replicon of paw63, a conjugative plasmid from bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3193-3200

  Wilcks, Andrea ^a   Smidt, Lasse ^a   Økstad, Ole Andreas ^b   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^b   Mahillon, Jacques ^c   Andrup, Lars ^a,d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL DIVISION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPLICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR KURSTAKI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032933915     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3193-3200.1999     Document Type: Article

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