Physical map of alkaliphilic Bacillus firmus OF4 and detection of a large endogenous plasmid

Extremophiles

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 447-453

  Grenstad, Anne ^a,c   Jaroszewicz, Ewa ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a   Sturr, Michael G ^b,d   Krulwich, Terry Ann ^b,e   Kolstø, Anne Brit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaliphile; Physical map; Plasmid; Repeated sequence

Indexed keywords

GENE MAPPING; PLASMID;

BACILLUS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CODON; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

BACILLUS FIRMUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032213206     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007920050091     Document Type: Article

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