A new insertion sequence, ISCb1, from Clostridium beijerinckii NCIMB 8052

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-113

  Liyanage, Hemachandra ^b   Holcroft, Paul ^a   Evans, Victoria J ^a   Keis, Stefanie ^c   Wilkinson, Shane R ^a,d   Kashket, Eva R ^b   Young, Michael ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; CODON USAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE DOSAGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM BEIJERINCKII; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034005247     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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