Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai generalized transducing phage φHD248: Restriction site map and potential for fine-structure chromosomal mapping

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1409-1416

  Inal, J M ^a,b   Karunakaran, V ^b   Jones, D R ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Chromosomal mapping; Restriction map; Transducing bacteriophage

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR AIZAWAI;

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEROTYPE;

EID: 0030004114     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-6-1409     Document Type: Article

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