Genetic characterization of site-specific integration functions of φAAU2 infecting "Arthrobacter aureus" C70

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1996-2004

  Le Marrec, Claire ^a,b   Moreau, Sylvie ^a   Loury, Sophie ^a   Blanco, Carlos ^a   Trautwetter, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER AUREUS; BREVIBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029996482     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.1996-2004.1996     Document Type: Article

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