Clorobiocin, an inhibitor of the gyrB subunit of DNA gyrase, was used for the curing of some Escherichia coli plasmids. Of the plasmids studied, ampicillin resistant R28K and a miniplasmid derived from Rldrd-19 were effectively eliminated. We also succeeded in eliminating the ColA factor from E. coi
Curing of Escherichia coli K12 plasmids by coumermycin
โ Scribed by Danilevskaya, O. N. ;Gragerov, A. I.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 270 KB
- Volume
- 178
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0026-8925
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