Tn5037, a Tn21-like Mercury Resistance transposon from Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 972-975

  Kalyaeva, E S ^a   Kholodii, G Ya ^a   Bass, I A ^a   Gorlenko, Z M ^a   Yurieva, O V ^a   Nikiforov, V G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0042102014     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016746204241     Document Type: Article

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