Mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer (Review)

Folia Biologica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 91-96

  Zgur Bertok D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Eukaryotes; Gene transfer; Prokaryotes; Transduction; Transformation

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032930035     PISSN: 00155500     EISSN: 25337602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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