First gene cassettes of integrons as targets in finding adaptive genes in metagenomes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3823-3825

  Huang, Lionel ^a   Cagnon, Christine ^a   Caumette, Pierre ^a   Duran, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION RESPONSE; INTEGRONS; METAGENOMES; METAGENOMIC LIBRARIES; RAPID METHOD;

GENES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

CLONE; GENE; GENOME; GENOMICS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLONE; GENE CASSETTE; INTEGRON; METAGENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 66249140933     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02394-08     Document Type: Article

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