Transposon Tn21, flagship of the floating genome

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 507-522

  Liebert, Cynthia A ^a   Hall, Ruth M ^b   Summers, Anne O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENOME; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032883206     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.3.507-522.1999     Document Type: Article

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