Characterization of IS1515, a functional insertion sequence in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1381-1388

  Muñoz, Rosario ^a   López, Rubens ^a   García, Ernesto ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALOTHRIX; CALOTHRIX SP.; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; PNEUMOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOMYCES ALBUS;

EID: 0031916617     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1381-1388.1998     Document Type: Article

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