Inhibition of homologous recombination by the plasmid MucA'B complex

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1249-1255

  Venderbure, Claude ^a   Chastanet, Arnaud ^a   Boudsocq, François ^a,b   Sommer, Suzanne ^a   Bailone, Adriana ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; RECOMBINANT PLASMID;

EID: 0032989017     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1249-1255.1999     Document Type: Article

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