Conjugal transfer of chromosomal DNA in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 571-582

  Parsons, Linda M ^a   Jankowski, Craig S ^a   Derbyshire, Keith M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM TRANSDUCTION; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL FUSION; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ELECTROPORATION; HUMANS; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0031970874     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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