Modulation of pPS10 host range by plasmid-encoded RepA initiator protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1367-1375

  Maestro, Beatriz ^a,b   Sanz, Jesús M ^b   Díaz Orejas, Ramón ^a   Fernández Tresguerres, Elena ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; PROTEIN; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; REPLICATION PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEINS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SAVASTANOI;

EID: 0037312815     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1367-1375.2003     Document Type: Article

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