Isolation and characterization of insertional mutations in flagellin genes in the archaeon Methanococcus voltae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 657-666

  Jarrell, Ken F ^a   Bayley, Douglas P ^a   Florian, Volker ^b   Klein, Albrecht ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; PEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029881205     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.5371058.x     Document Type: Article

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