Distribution and activity of IS elements in Streptococcus mutans

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-204

  Old, Lesley A ^a   Russell, Roy R B ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insertion sequence; IS; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 51349119201     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01312.x     Document Type: Article

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