Conjugative plasmid transfer in gram-positive bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-301

  Grohmann, Elisabeth ^a   Muth, Günther ^b   Espinosa, Manuel ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSFER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCETACEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; R FACTORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCETACEAE; STREPTOMYCINEAE;

EID: 0037905748     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.67.2.277-301.2003     Document Type: Review

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