IS1549 from Mycobacterium smegmatis forms long direct repeats upon insertion

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1037-1043

  Plikaytis, Bonnie B ^a   Crawford, Jack T ^a   Shinnick, Thomas M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE INSERTION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031885217     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1037-1043.1998     Document Type: Article

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