Nonrandom location of IS1 elements in the genomes of natural isolates of Escherichia coli

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 725-732

  Fidelma Boyd, E ^a   Hartl, Daniel L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Insertion sequences; IS1 genome position

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1842336269     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025812     Document Type: Article

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