DNA sequence similarity requirements for interspecific recombination in Bacillus

Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1525-1533

  Majewski, Jacek ^a,b   Cohan, Frederick M ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032709783     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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