IS231A transposition: Conservative versus replicative pathway

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 549-555

  Leonard C ^a   Mahillon, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Insertion sequence IS231A; Replication; Transposition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SUICIDE GENE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17344393451     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(99)80002-3     Document Type: Article

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