Opportunities for genetic investigation afforded by Acinetobacter baylyi, a nutritionally versatile bacterial species that is highly competent for natural transformation

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2005, Pages 519-551

  Young, David M ^a   Parke, Donna ^b   Ornston, L Nicholas ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catabolism; Genetic islands; Mutation; Transmembrane trafficking

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CATABOLISM; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOMIC ISLAND; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACINETOBACTER; CELL MEMBRANE; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27144480292     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.59.051905.105823     Document Type: Review

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