IS1634, a novel insertion element creating long, variable-length direct repeats which is specific for Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small- colony type

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1319-1323

  Vilei, Edy M ^a   Nicolet, Jacques ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CHROMOSOME SIZE; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES;

EID: 0033028108     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1319-1323.1999     Document Type: Article

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