Construction and characterization of a Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron recA mutant: Transfer of Bacteroides integrated conjugative elements is RecA independent

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6221-6227

  Cooper, Andrew J ^a   Kalinowski, Aaron P ^a   Shoemaker, Nadja B ^a   Salyers, Abigail A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTEROIDES; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030810779     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6221-6227.1997     Document Type: Article

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