Characterization of the oriC region of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6311-6317

  Qin, Ming Hui ^a   Madiraju, Murty V V S ^a   Zachariah, Sunny ^a   Rajagopalan, Malini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030841406     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6311-6317.1997     Document Type: Article

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