The IS1 elements in Shigella boydii: Horizontal transfer, vertical inactivation and target duplication

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-295

  Hsu, Wen Bin ^a   Chen, Jiann Hwa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli K12; Escherichia coli O157:H7; IS1; Shigella boydii; Target duplication; Transposition activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA BOYDII;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA BOYDII;

EID: 0038735499     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00319-7     Document Type: Article

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