Competition between conjugation and M13 Phage infection in Escherichia coli in the Absence of selection pressure: A kinetic study

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1137-1144

  Wan, Zhenmao ^a   Goddard, Noel L ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

conjugation; Evolution of sex; M13 phage; Phage kinetics; qpcr

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIOPHAGE M13; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84883183808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.003418     Document Type: Article

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