Evolutionary competitiveness of two natural variants of the IncQ-like plasmids, pRAS3.1 and pRAS3.2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6182-6190

  Loftie Eaton, Wesley ^a   Rawlings, Douglas E ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST CELL; INCQ GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649380899     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00176-10     Document Type: Article

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