Surveying a supercoil domain by using the γδ resolution system in Salmonella typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2825-2835

  Higgins, N Patrick ^a   Yang, Xiangli ^a   Fu, Qingquan ^a   Roth, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CIRCUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029863159     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.10.2825-2835.1996     Document Type: Article

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