Homologous recombination between rrn operons rearranges the chromosome in host-specialized species of Salmonella

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-281

  Liu, Shu Lin ^a   Sanderson, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromosome; I CeuI; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; DNA RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RRNA OPERON; SALMONELLA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032528311     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00225-0     Document Type: Article

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