Differences in chromosome number and genome rearrangements in the genus Brucella

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-106

  Jumas Bilak, Estelle ^a   Michaux Charachon, Sylvie ^a   Bourg, Gisèle ^a   O'Callaghan, David ^a   Ramuz, Michel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA SUIS; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME SIZE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; NEGIBACTERIA; OVIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031962569     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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