Characterization of a small mobilizable transposon, MTnSag1, in Streptococcus agalactiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4328-4331

  Achard, Adeline ^a   Leclercq, Roland ^a,b  

^a CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINCOSAMIDE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; INU GENE; MTNSAG1 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSPOSASES;

STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 34249810919     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00213-07     Document Type: Article

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