Homology-dependent DNA transfer from plants to a soil bacterium under laboratory conditions: Implications in evolution and horizontal gene transfer

Transgenic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-437

  Tepfer, David ^a   Garcia Gonzales, Rolando ^b   Mansouri, Hounayda ^c   Seruga, Martina ^d   Message, Brigitte ^a   Leach, Francesca ^a   Pefica, Mirna Curkovic ^d  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Estacion Experimental Forestal   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Agrobacterium; Biosafety; Horizontal gene transfer; Junk DNA; Transposon

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ACINETOBACTER; AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0042862818     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024387510243     Document Type: Article

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