Diversification of Escherichia coli genomes: Are bacteriophages the major contributors?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 481-485

  Ohnishi, Makoto ^a   Kurokawa, Ken ^b   Hayashi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; COLIPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PROVIRUSES;

EID: 0035477452     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(01)02173-4     Document Type: Review

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