Lagging-strand DNA replication origins are required for conjugal transfer of the promiscuous plasmid pMV158

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 720-727

  Lorenzo Díaz, Fabián ^a   Espinosa, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE TRANSFER; HOST; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 63449111354     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01257-08     Document Type: Article

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