Tn5431 arose by transposition of Tn3 into Tn1721

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1274-1276

  Žgur Bertok, Darja ^a   Ambrožič, Jerneja ^a   Grabnar, Miklavž ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

assembly; Tn3 transposition; transposon Tn5431

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030483359     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m96-166     Document Type: Article

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