ISRm4-1 and ISRm9, two novel insertion sequences from Sinorhizobium meliloti

Gene

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-96

  Zekrí, Sanae ^a   Soto, María J ^a   Toro, Nicolas ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

IS element; IS21; IS5; Plasmid; pRmeGR4b; Rhizobia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032545704     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00625-2     Document Type: Article

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