Multiple recombination events maintain sequence identity among members of the nitrogenase multigene family in Rhizobium etli

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 785-794

  Rodríguez, César ^a   Romero, David ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGENASE; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; GENE CONVERSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM;

RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 2642629733     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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