Comparative biology of IncQ and IncQ-like plasmids

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 481-496

  Rawlings, D E ^a   Tietze, E ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE STRUCTURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PLASMID INCQ; REPLICON; REVIEW; ULCER;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA HELICASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; DESULFOVIBRIO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035204202     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.65.4.481-496.2001     Document Type: Review

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