A review of available systems to investigate transfer of DNA to indigenous soil bacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-23

  Clerc, Sylvie ^a,b   Simonet, Pascal ^a,b  

^a University of Lyon   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional suicide system; Counterselection system; Indigenous bacteria; Plasmid transfer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA TRANSFER; ECOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MICROFLORA;

EID: 0031959623     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000747310461     Document Type: Conference Paper

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