Structural elements required for replication and incompatibility of the Rhizobium etli symbiotic plasmid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3117-3124

  Ramírez Romero, Miguel A ^a   Soberón, Nora ^a   Pérez Oseguera, Angeles ^a   Téllez Sosa, Juan ^a   Cevallos, Miguel A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0034035274     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.11.3117-3124.2000     Document Type: Article

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