Insertion Sequence Elements and Transposons in Bacillus

Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 236-253

  Mahillon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacterial genomes; DNA molecules; Intercellular transfer; Transposons

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242881668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696743.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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