Phenotypic expression of PCR-generated random mutations in a Pseudomonas putida gene after its introduction into an Acinetobacter chromosome by natural transformation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1675-1680

  Kok, Ruben G ^a   Young, David M ^a   Ornston, L Nicholas ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0032916065     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.4.1675-1680.1999     Document Type: Article

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