Apparent and real recombination frequencies in multicopy plasmids: The need for a novel approach in frequency determination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 754-761

  Chédin, Frédéric ^a,b   Dervyn, Rozenn ^a   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a   Noirot, Philippe ^a,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031015419     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.754-761.1997     Document Type: Article

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