Mosaic bacterial chromosomes: A challenge en route to a tree of genomes

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-104

  Martin, William ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC DIVERSITY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0033082247     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199902)21:2<99::AID-BIES3>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Review

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