Native plasmids of Fusobacterium nucleatum: Characterization and use in development of genetic systems

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1176-1180

  Haake, Susan Kinder ^a   Yoder, Sean C ^a   Attarian, Gwynne ^a   Podkaminer, Kara ^a  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033984763     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1176-1180.2000     Document Type: Article

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