Selection of plasmid molecules for conjugative transfer and replacement strand synthesis in the donor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 761-768

  Parker, Christopher ^a   Meyer, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BASE MISPAIRING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TRANSFER; DONOR; ELECTROPORATION; MATING; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036440872     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03195.x     Document Type: Article

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