System to study horizontal gene exchange among microorganisms without cultivation of recipients

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-215

  Strätz, Michael ^a   Mau, Margit ^a   Timmis, Kenneth N ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029835432     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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