Transposons and integrons: Natural genetic engineering of bacterial resistance

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1999, Pages

  Roy, Paul H ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Expression vector; Integron; Resistance; Transposon

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243392635     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1999/619276     Document Type: Article

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