Conservation of transposon structures in soil bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-37

  Holt, Robert J ^a   Bruce, Kenneth D ^a   Strike, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene diversity; mer operon; Soil bacteria; tnpA; tnpR; Transposon

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; TRANSPOSON;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032790459     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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