Recombination enhancement by replication (RER) in Rhizobium etli

Genetics

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 971-983

  Valencia Morales, Edgar ^a   Romero, David ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b Ctro Invest Sobre Fijacion N   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

ALLELES; DNA REPLICATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 0034005867     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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