Plasmid copy number control: An ever-growing story

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 495-500

  Solar, Gloria Del ^a   Espinosa, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

DNA REPLICATION; GENE CONTROL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 0033859844     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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