Identification and nucleotide sequence of Rhizobium meliloti insertion sequence ISRm6, a small transposable element that belongs to the IS3 family

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Zekrí, Sanáe ^a   Toro, Nicolás ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial populations; DNA sequence analysis; nfe genes; Repetitive sequence; Transposase

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STOP CODON; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LUPINI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0030579124     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00118-7     Document Type: Article

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