Bacterial conjugation: A potential tool for genomic engineering

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Llosa, Matxalen ^a   De La Cruz, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial conjugation; Coupling proteins; DNA relaxases; Genomic manipulation; Type IV secretion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL TYPE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSFER; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOMICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 11344295652     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.07.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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