Transcriptional interference and repression modulate the conjugative ability of the symbiotic plasmid of Rhizobium etli.

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Published in J Bacteriol on April 18, 2008

Authors

Edgardo Sepúlveda1, Daniel Pérez-Mendoza, Miguel A Ramírez-Romero, María J Soto, Isabel M López-Lara, Otto Geiger, Juan Sanjuán, Susana Brom, David Romero

Author Affiliations

1: Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 565-A, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.

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