Noncomplementing diploidy resulting from spontaneous zygogenesis in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2947-2959

  Gratia, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIPLOIDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CROSSING OVER, GENETIC; DIPLOIDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 24944528398     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28096-0     Document Type: Article

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