High Frequency Conjugative Mobilization Accomplished by a Natural Bacillus subtilis Strain Carrying a Large Plasmid

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1343-1347

  Lotareva, O V ^a   Nezametdinova, V Z ^a   Fedorina, E A ^a   Poluektova, E U ^a   Titok, M A ^b   Prozorov, A A ^a  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0346490159     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013231526025     Document Type: Article

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