Determination of conjugation rates on solid surfaces

Plasmid

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-182

  del Campo, Irene ^a   Ruiz, Raúl ^a   Cuevas, Ana ^a   Revilla, Carlos ^a   Vielva, Luis ^a   De la Cruz, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial conjugation; Conjugation rate; Flow cytometer; GFP; Surface mating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CELL DIVISION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID GP12; SOLID STATE;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84859004030     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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