A novel replicon occurring naturally in Escherichia coli is a phage-plasmid hybrid.

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Published in EMBO J on December 01, 1988

Authors

W Seufert1, R Lurz, W Messer

Author Affiliations

1: Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Berlin, FRG.

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