CTnscr94, a conjugative transposon found in enterobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2097-2102

  Hochhut, Bianca ^a   Jahreis, Knut ^a   Lengeler, Joseph W ^a   Schmid, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CELL ADHESION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FERMENTATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR SENFTENBERG;

EID: 0030900769     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.7.2097-2102.1997     Document Type: Article

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