Barriers to horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation in soil bacteria

APMIS, Supplement

Volumn 106, Issue 84, 1998, Pages 77-84

  Nielsen, Kåre Magne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; EVOLUTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0031796397     PISSN: 0903465X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.1998.tb05653.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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