Characterization of Bacillus subtilis clones surviving overproduction of Zeta, a pSM19035 plasmid-encoded toxin

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 99-107

  Nowakowska, Beata ^a   Kern Zdanowicz, Izabela ^a   Zielenkiewicz, Urszula ^a   Cegłowski, Piotr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gram positive bacteria; Plasmid stable maintenance; Postsegregational killing; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 23644450219     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2005_3492     Document Type: Article

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