Sizing chromosomes and megaplasmids in haloarchaea

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1423-1428

  Lopez Garcia P ^a,b   Amils, R ^a   Anton J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Haloarchaea; Megaplasmid; Pulsed held gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

HALOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0029986178     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-6-1423     Document Type: Article

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