Construction and analysis of a recombination-deficient (radA) mutant of Haloferax volcanii

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 791-797

  Woods, Wayne G ^a   Dyall Smith, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DELETION MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

EID: 0031034269     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2651626.x     Document Type: Article

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