Structure and evolution of NGRRS-1, a complex, repeated element in the genome of Rhizobium sp. strain NGR234

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7488-7496

  Perret, X ^a   Viprey, V ^a   Freiberg, C ^b   Broughton, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA; KANAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOME; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030690928     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7488-7496.1997     Document Type: Article

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