Cloning and identification of conjugative transfer origins in the Rhizobium meliloti genome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4583-4590

  Herrera Cervera, Jose A ^a   Sanjuan Pinilla, Julio M ^a   Olivares, Jose ^a   Sanjuan, Juan ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031781977     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4583-4590.1998     Document Type: Article

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