A Bacteroides conjugative transposon, CTnERL, can transfer a portion of itself by conjugation without excising from the chromosome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1169-1174

  Whittle, Gabrielle ^a   Hamburger, Nathan ^a   Shoemaker, Nadja B ^a   Salyers, Abigail A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTEROIDES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTEROIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 31344475729     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.1169-1174.2006     Document Type: Article

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