Analysis of the requirement for a pUB110 mob region during Tn916- dependent mobilization

Plasmid

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-186

  Showsh, Sasha A ^a   Andrews Jr , Robert E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032970460     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1999.1398     Document Type: Article

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