Cloning and sequence analysis of the recA gene in urease-positive thermophilic campylobacter (UPTC)

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 166-169

  Honda, M ^a   Matsushita, S ^a   Murayama, O ^a   Millar, B C ^a   Moore, J E ^a   Matsuda, Motoo ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; SHIGELLA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0036382890     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2002.11978037     Document Type: Article

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