Spiroplasma citri virus SpV1-derived cloning vector: Deletion formation by illegitimate and homologous recombination in a spiroplasmal host strain which probably lacks a functional recA gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 862-870

  Marais, Armelle ^a   Bové, Joseph M ^a   Renaudin, Joël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; DNA; EPITOPE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; HOST; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPIROPLASMA; VIRUS;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; SPIROPLASMA CITRI;

EID: 0030023669     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.862-870.1996     Document Type: Article

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