Functional comparison of conjugative transposons Tn916 and Tn925

Plasmid

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 164-173

  Showsh, Sasha A ^a   Andrews Jr , Robert E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSFER; MATING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030152601     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.0019     Document Type: Article

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