Conjugative transposition

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue , 1995, Pages 367-397

  Scott, R ^a   Churchward, Gordon G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic; conjugation; integrase; recombination; resistance; transposition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TRANSFER; DNA TRANSPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0028822930     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.mi.49.100195.002055     Document Type: Review

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