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A conjugative retrotransfer-retromobilization of a small nonconjugative plasmid pUB110 was established in Bacillus subtilis. This process involves a large conjugative plasmid p19.
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Original Russian Text © O.V. Lotareva, I.P. Shilovski, A.A. Prozorov, 2006, published in Genetika, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 12, pp. 1735–1738.
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Lotareva, O.V., Shilovski, I.P. & Prozorov, A.A. A phenomenon of plasmid retrotransfer in conjugation of Bacillus subtilis . Russ J Genet 42, 1467–1469 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795406120179
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