Phage as agents of lateral gene transfer

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 417-424

  Canchaya, Carlos ^a   Fournous, Ghislain ^a   Chibani Chennoufi, Sandra ^a   Dillmann, Marie Lise ^a   Brüssow, Harald ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; GENOMICS; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0043197312     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(03)00086-9     Document Type: Review

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