Plasmid pSM19035, a model to study stable maintenance in Firmicutes

Plasmid

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Lioy, Virginia S ^a   Pratto, Florencia ^a   de la Hoz, Ana B ^a   Ayora, Silvia ^a   Alonso, Juan C ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA inversion; Plasmid monomers; Plasmid partition; Plasmid segregation; Post segregational killing; Stasis

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA BINDING; FIRMICUTES; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID PSM19035; REPLICON; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS;

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC LOCI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES;

EID: 77953544695     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2010.04.002     Document Type: Review

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