IS elements as constituents of bacterial genomes

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 675-687

  Mahillon, Jacques ^a   Léonard, Catherine ^a   Chandler, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial genome; Insertion sequence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CHROMOSOME; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0343776179     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)00124-2     Document Type: Article

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