Identification and characterization of an active plasmid partition mechanism for the novel Lactococcus lactis plasmid pCI2000

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-37

  Kearney, Karen ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a   Seegers, Jos F M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033986820     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.1.30-37.2000     Document Type: Article

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