Isolation and analysis of a circular form of the IncJ conjugative transposon-like elements, R391 and R997: Implications for IncJ incompatibility

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-138

  Pembroke, J Tony ^a   Murphy, D Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conjugative transposon; Extrachromosomal DNA; IncJ; Incompatibility; R391; R997

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; KANAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RELIABILITY; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, CIRCULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 0034660384     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00190-7     Document Type: Article

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