IS6110-mediated deletions of wild-type chromosomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1014-1020

  Fang, Z ^a   Doig, C ^b   Kenna, D T ^a   Smittipat, N ^c   Palittapongarnpim, P ^c   Watt, B ^b   Forbes, K J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032918958     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.3.1014-1020.1999     Document Type: Article

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