The hsd loci of Mycoplasma pulmonis: Organization, rearrangements and expression of genes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 109-120

  Sitaraman, Ramakrishnan ^a   Dybvig, Kevin ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030823189     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5571938.x     Document Type: Article

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