Double illegitimate recombination events integrate DNA segments through two different mechanisms during natural transformation of Acinetobacter baylyi

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 984-995

  Hülter, Nils ^a   Wackernagel, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE;

ACINETOBACTER; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; KANAMYCIN KINASE; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 38849130017     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06096.x     Document Type: Article

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