Fis is required for illegitimate recombination during formation of λbio transducing phage

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4239-4245

  Shanado, Yuka ^a   Kato, Jun Ichi ^a   Ikeda, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030791240     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4239-4245.1997     Document Type: Article

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