Restriction of the activity of the recombination site dif to a small zone of the Escherichia coli chromosome

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1152-1161

  Cornet, François ^a   Louarn, Jacqueline ^a   Patte, Josette ^a   Louarn, Jean Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

dif site domain of activity; E. coli chromosome organization; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029881879     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.9.1152     Document Type: Article

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