Regulation of copy number and stability of phage λ derived pTCλ1 plasmid in the light of the dimer/multimer catastrophe hypothesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 489-493

  Herman Antosiewicz, Anna ^a   Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dimer catastrophe hypothesis; Plasmid copy number; Plasmid maintenance; Plasmid multimerization

Indexed keywords

DIMER; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; REC A RECOMBINASES;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0345161751     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00278-5     Document Type: Article

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