Translocation of transposition-deficient (TndPKLH2-like) transposons in the natural environment: Mechanistic insights from the study of adjacent DNA sequences

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 979-992

  Kholodii, Gennady ^a   Mindlin, Sofia ^a   Gorlenko, Zhosefine ^a   Petrova, Mayya ^a   Hobman, Jon ^b   Nikiforov, Vadim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; PLASMID DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

ACINETOBACTER; INSERTION SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 1942537149     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26844-0     Document Type: Article

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