We have constructed a mini-F derivative (pKP1013) consisting of a 5.4 kilobase pairs (kb) segment (44.0 to 49.4 kb) of mini-F and fragments carrying the chloramphenicol and spectinomycin resistance genes that originated from the R plasmid NR1. The plasmid pKP1013 replicates autonomously in a manner
Amber-mutants of plasmid mini-F defective in replication
โ Scribed by Eichenlaub, Rudolf ;Wehlmann, Hermann
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 512 KB
- Volume
- 180
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0026-8925
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