An in vivo assay for conjugation-mediated recombination yields novel results for Streptomyces plasmid pIJ101

Plasmid

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 242-248

  Ducote, Matthew J ^a   Pettis, Gregg S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clt; Conjugation; pIJ101; Plasmid; Streptomyces lividans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONJUGATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID PIJ101; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 33646053129     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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