ISD1, an insertion element from the sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: Structure, transposition, and distribution

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-61

  Fu, Rongdian ^a,b   Voordouw, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b The Molecular Sciences Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SULFATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS STR. HILDENBOROUGH; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031975993     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.53-61.1998     Document Type: Article

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