Small Staphylococcus aureus plasmids are transduced as linear multimers that are formed and resolved by replicative processes

Detection of specific sequences among DNA fragments separated by gel electrophoresis

E.M. Southern · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1975 · 32.8K citations

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Labeling deoxyribonucleic acid to high specific activity in vitro by nick translation with DNA polymerase I

Peter Rigby, Marianne Dieckmann, Carl Rhodes et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 1977 · 11.7K citations

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High frequency transformation of Bacillus subtilis protoplasts by plasmid DNA

Shing Chang, Stanley N. Cohen · Molecular and General Genetics MGG · 1979 · 980 citations

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A rapid method for the identification of plasmid desoxyribonucleic acid in bacteria

Thomas Eckhardt · Plasmid · 1978 · 946 citations

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Properties of a cryptic high-frequency transducing phage in Staphylococcus aureus

Richard P. Novick · Virology · 1967 · 742 citations

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