Transposition of the IS21-related element IS1415 in Rhodococcus erythropolis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 4635-4638

  Nagy, István ^a   Schoofs, Geert ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a   De Mot, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUICIDE GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ERYTHROPOLIS; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS;

EID: 0030755508     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.14.4635-4638.1997     Document Type: Article

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