The Use of Fragments of the 85- and 120-MDa Plasmids of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245 to Study the Plasmid Rearrangement in This Bacterium and to Search for Homologous Sequences in Plasmids of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7

Russian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 124-131

  Katsy, E I ^a   Borisov, I V ^a   Petrova, L P ^a   Matora, L Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS AND MICROORGANISMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOSPIRILLUM; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0347616339     PISSN: 10227954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014373725254     Document Type: Article

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