Sequencing and characterization of the cryptic plasmid QpRS from Coxiella burnetii

Plasmid

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-88

  Lautenschlager S ^a   Willems, H ^a   Jager C ^a   Baljer, G ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXIELLA BURNETII; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0343090791     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.2000.1470     Document Type: Article

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