Electrotransformation and natural transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Requirement of DNA processing for recombination

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3061-3068

  Lefrançois, Jacques ^a   Samrakandi, M Mustapha ^a   Sicard, A Michel ^a  

^a UPS   (France)

Author keywords

Electrotransformation; Plasmid facilitation; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031737308     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-11-3061     Document Type: Article

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