Involvement of gene products in bacterial evolution

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 870, Issue , 1999, Pages 36-44

  Arber, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032769375     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08863.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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