Replication of plasmids derived from P1, F, R1, R6K and RK2 replicons in amino acid-starved Escherichia coli stringent and relaxed strains

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 451-463

  Wróbel, Borys ^a   Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 2642593029     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620370614     Document Type: Article

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