Is natural genetic transformation a mechanism of horizontal gene transfer in Yersinia?

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-26

  Lewin, Astrid ^a   Hertwig, Stefan ^a   Strauch, Eckhard ^a   Appel, Bernd ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PLASMID DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0031899398     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4028(199803)38:1<17::AID-JOBM17>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Review

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