Sequence, localization and characteristics of the replicator region of the symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium etli

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2825-2831

  Ramírez Romero, Miguel A ^a,b   Bustos, Patricia ^a   Girard, Lourdes ^a   Rodríguez, Oscar ^a   Cevallos, Miguel A ^a   Dávila, Guillermo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Plasmid replication; Rhizobium etli; Symbiotic plasmid

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI;

EID: 1842331512     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-8-2825     Document Type: Article

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