Homologous recombination between the tuf genes of Salmonella typhimurium

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 506-522

  Abdulkarim, Farhad ^a   Hughes, Diarmaid ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heteroduplex DNA; Kirromycin; Mismatch repair; Recombination; Salmonella typhimurium

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HETERODUPLEX; INITIATION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MOCIMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030602858     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0418     Document Type: Article

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