The molecular genetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 215, Issue , 1996, Pages 29-47

  Hatfull, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029759686     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-80166-2_2     Document Type: Review

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