Highly repetitive sequences and characteristics of genomic DNA in unicellular cyanobacterial strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 175-181

  Asayama, Munehiko ^a   Kabasawa, Mamiko ^a   Takahashi, Isamu ^a   Aida, Tokujiro ^a   Shirai, Makoto ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; DNA DNA hybridization; Microcystis aeruginosa; repetitive sequence; rpoD

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030011381     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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