Comparative genomic analysis of the Haloferax volcanii DS2 and Halobacterium salinarium GRB contig maps reveals extensive rearrangement

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3860-3868

  St Jean, Andrew ^a   Charlebois, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 0029967351     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3860-3868.1996     Document Type: Article

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