Genetic and physical maps of the Alcaligenes eutrophus CH34 megaplasmid pMOL28 and its derivative pMOL50 obtained after temperature-induced mutagenesis and mortality

Plasmid

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 22-34

  Taghavi, S ^a   Mergeay, M ^a   Van Der Lelie, D ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ALCALIGENES; ALCALIGENES SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0030945209     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.1996.1274     Document Type: Article

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