Physical and genetic map of the obligate intracellular bacterium Coxiella burnetii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3816-3822

  Willems, H ^a   Jäger, Cornelie ^a   Baljer, Georg ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; COXIELLA BURNETII; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 0031856567     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.15.3816-3822.1998     Document Type: Article

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