Genes without frontiers?

Heredity

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 483-489

  Bensasson, D ^a,d   Boore, J L ^a   Nielsen, K M ^b,c  

^a DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Institute for Gene Ecology   (Norway)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Horizontal gene transfer; Natural transformation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DNA;

BACTERIUM; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES; GENETIC VECTORS; GUIDELINES; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 3042819614     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800451     Document Type: Review

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