Homing of a group II intron from Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis ML3

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 6107-6111

  Mills, David A ^a,b   Manias, Dawn A ^a   McKay, Larry L ^a   Dunny, Gary M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030963986     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.19.6107-6111.1997     Document Type: Article

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