Horizontal gene transfer as a biosafety issue: A natural phenomenon of public concern

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-90

  Dröge, Marcus ^a   Pühler, Alfred ^a   Selbitschka, Werner ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance determinants; Hot spot of gene transfer; Interdomain gene transfer; Phytosphere; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE DETERMINANTS; INTERDOMAIN GENE TRANSFER; PHYTOSPHERE; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

GENE TRANSFER;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIOPHAGE; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; MICROORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; PLANTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0344766069     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(98)00105-9     Document Type: Review

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