Hybridizing bacteria, crossing methods, cross-checking arguments: The transition from episomes to plasmids (1961-1969)

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 407-430

  Grote, Mathias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial genetics; Conjugation; Episome; Molecular biology; Plasmid; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMID;

BACTERIA; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, RECOMBINANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RESEARCH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLASMIDS;

EID: 68049144694     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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