Forty years of genetics with Streptomyces: From in vivo through in vitro to in silico

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2183-2202

  Hopwood, David A ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Chromosome linear; Genetics; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENETIC LINKAGE; LIFE CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0032879027     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-9-2183     Document Type: Review

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