Insertion sequences

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 725-774

  Mahillon, Jacques ^a   Chandler, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UPS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031716699     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.3.725-774.1998     Document Type: Review

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