Roles of long and short replication initiation proteins in the fate of IncP-1 Plasmids

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1533-1543

  Yano, Hirokazu ^a   Deckert, Gail E ^a   Rogers, Linda M ^a   Top, Eva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN TRFA1; PROTEIN TRFA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOST; INCOMPATIBILITY GROUP P 1; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPLICON;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SPHINGOBIUM JAPONICUM;

EID: 84857934383     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06395-11     Document Type: Article

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