Evidence that IncG (IncP-6) and IncU plasmids form a single incompatibility group

Plasmid

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-215

  Haines, Anthony S ^a   Cheung, Martin ^a   Thomas, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broad host range; Incompatibility group; Iteron; Segregation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE NUMBER; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID INCP 6; PLASMID INCU; PSEUDOMONAS; REPLICON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS; REPLICON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 33646020349     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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