Spontaneous zygogenesis in Escherichia coli, a form of true sexuality in prokaryotes

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2571-2584

  Gratia, Jean Pierre ^a   Thiry, Marc ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CONTACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPOSURE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOIDY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SEXUALITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0141480143     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26348-0     Document Type: Article

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