Genome diversification by phage-derived genomic islands in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 783-788

  Kim, Seol Hee ^a   Lee, Kyoung Boon ^a   Lee, Ji Sun ^a   Cho, You Hee ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

att site; Genome plasticity; Genomic island; Pf1 phage; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0242551368     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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