A new type of illegitimate recombination is dependent on restriction and homologous interaction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5380-5390

  Kusano, Kohji ^a   Sakagami, Keiko ^a   Yokochi, Tomoki ^a   Naito, Taku ^a   Tokinaga, Yasuyuki ^a   Ueda, Etsuko ^a   Kobayashi, Ichizo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BASE PAIRING; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030928660     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5380-5390.1997     Document Type: Article

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