Transcription of the transfer genes traY and traM of the antibiotic resistance plasmid R100-1 is linked

Plasmid

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-48

  Stockwell, David ^a   Lelianova, Vera ^a   Thompson, Teresa ^a   Dempsey, Walter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele; Conjugation; R100; TraM; Transfer; TraY

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DELETION MUTANT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033958875     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1999.1435     Document Type: Article

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