Uptake and processing of DNA by Acinetobacter calcoaceticus - A review

Gene

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 179-190

  Palmen, Ronald ^a   Hellingwerf, Klaas J ^b  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competence; Degradation of DNA; Integration of DNA; Natural transformation; Recombination; Transformation deficient mutants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; EXONUCLEASE;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA TRANSFER; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030957269     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00042-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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