Postsegregational killing does not increase plasmid stability but acts to mediate the exclusion of competing plasmids

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 97, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 12643-12648

  Cooper, Tim F ^a,b   Heinemann, Jack A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; TOXIN;

CELL KILLING; CELL PROTECTION; COMPETITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOST; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0033740341     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.220077897     Document Type: Article

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