An improved transposon for the halophilic archaeon Haloarcula hispanica

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 7140-7142

  Woods, Wayne G ^a   Ngui, Katrina ^a   Dyall Smith, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE INSERTION; HALOARCULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ARCHAEA; HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA HISPANICA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032696923     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.22.7140-7142.1999     Document Type: Article

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