Rhs elements comprise three subfamilies which diverged prior to acquisition by Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4102-4110

  Wang, Yong Dong ^a   Zhao, Sheng ^a,b   Hill, Charles W ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031877231     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4102-4110.1998     Document Type: Article

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