Detailed analysis of the insertion site of the mobile elements R997, pMERPH, R392, R705 and R391 in E. coli K12

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  McGrath, Barry M ^a   Pembroke, J Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

IncJ; Insertion site; pMERPH; R392; R705; R997

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); R FACTORS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 3242783350     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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