Escherichia coli ColV plasmid pRK100: Genetic organization, stability and conjugal transfer

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 343-352

  Ambrožič, Jerneja ^a   Ostroveršnik, Alenka ^a,b   Starčič, Marjanca ^a   Kuhar, Irena ^a   Grabnar, Miklavž ^a   Žgur Bertok, Darja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b KRKA Pharmaceutical Company   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

ColV plasmid; Conjugal transfer; Plasmid pRK100; Stability

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC STABILITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 2642682407     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-343     Document Type: Article

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