Transformation of Acinetobacter sp. strain BD413 by transgenic sugar beet DNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1550-1554

  Gebhard, Frank ^a   Smalla, Kornelia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031977979     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.4.1550-1554.1998     Document Type: Article

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