Identification of site-specific recombination genes int and xis of the Rhizobium temperate phage 16-3

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 4185-4192

  Semsey, Szabolcs ^a   Papp, Istvan ^b   Buzas, Zsuzsanna ^a   Patthy, Andras ^a   Orosz, Laszlo ^a   Papp, Peter P ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; INTEGRASE; RECOMBINASE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION; GENE LOCATION; INTEGRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE 16; BACTERIOPHAGE 16-3; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032814637     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.14.4185-4192.1999     Document Type: Article

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